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The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers
Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...
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19th Century British Reform Bills: House of Commons & Parliament
The film discusses the evolution of voting rights in 19th century England ... particularly the upper middle class and laborers, for representation in Parliament amid a political landscape ...
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Reading Jewish Women: Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish Society
A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European ... complicating ideas about the historical roles of ...