Women's Lives - 19th Century
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Separate Spheres
An overview of the ideology of separate spheres which attempted to define the proper role or place or sphere for women and for men.
Ida Lewis
Lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis was once called the bravest woman in America.
Pioneer Life in 19th Century America
Life in the nineteenth century on the American frontier is documented in these photographs from one family.
Book Review: The Other Civil War
Book review by Jone Johnson Lewis of Catherine Clinton's The Other Civil War on the massive changes in women's lives in America from the American Revolution through the American Civil War.
"The Best or None!" 19th Century Spinsterhood
Zsuzsa Berend, in a Summer 2000 article in the Journal of Social History, looks at New England women in the 19th century who chose not to marry, instead choosing careers and active lives in social reform movements. Article mentions (and, in most cases, quotes) Catharine Sedgwick, Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice James, Frances Willard, Emily Howard, Lucy Stone and other "useful women."
Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child
This extensive book review gives a flavor for the life of one notable 19th century woman who both followed expectations for a woman and broke through those limits. (See book links on this site for the book itself.)
Good Housekeeping
Author Margaret Atwood reviews 19th century advice author Mrs. Beeton, as an illustration of different role expectations for women.
London During the Nineteenth Century
"Woman, Economic Instability and Poverty," a study by AnnMarie Huysman (1998), exploring the relationship between gender and poverty.
Prostitute Who Read Sir Walter Scott
The life and death of Helen Jewett in 1836 New York, in a book review and the first chapter of the book by Patricia Cline Cohen.
Women in America 1820-1842
Women's lives in early 19th century America, through the eyes of the writer Tocqueville and others, including several European women travelers.
Women in America: Health
Travelers to America in 1820-1842 describe health issues as they relate to the status and roles of women.