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Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920

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This digital collection provides access to primary sources on American social and cultural history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. It provides thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals, and broadsides addressing political, social, and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. It emphasizes conduct of life and domestic management literature, and contrasts in regional, rural, and urban cultures.

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Stephen A. Schwarzman BuildingThe New York Public Library for the Performing ArtsSchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureThomas Yoseloff Business CenterStavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
History, United States History, Encyclopedias, Image Collections, Area and Cultural Studies, American Studies, Women's Studies
<p>It comprises thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes, emphasizing conduct of life and domestic management literature, the daily lives of women and men, and contrasts in regional, urban and rural cultures.</p>
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