On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s newest exhibit, Drawn by a Lady: Early Women Illustrators, celebrates the talent of artists and authors in 19th century Victorian England who were ...

Introduction: Women, Periodicals, and Print Culture in the Victorian Period / Alexis Easley, Clare Gill, Beth Rodgers -- The Rise and Rise of the Domestic Magazine: Femininity at Home in Popular ...

The second act of ON THE VERGE (OR, THE GEOGRAPHY OF YEARNING) is a fairly nimble meditation on human progress. Its charming verbal pyrotechnics and flashes of comic wit are tinged with intimations of ...

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WYMORE, Neb. (KOLN) - In 1900, some women used cabinet parlor treadle machines to sew clothes for their families. Rayma Volkmer uses hers 124 years later to make styles older than the machine itself.

A brand new three-part series Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip will see Ruby Wax, Melanie Brown and Emily Atack re-trace the footsteps of Yorkshire-born Victorian explorer Isabella Bird. Ahead ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.– In the wake of Women’s History Month, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History showcased its newest exhibit, Drawn by a Lady: Early Women Illustrators. This exhibit ...

In Victorian England, a woman's hair was a living resume, signalling her class, morality, marital status, and wealth, all ...

In a small room, an unoccupied wooden coffin rests in the center. In another, a buttoned-up black wedding dress is paired with a dark, lace mourning veil. On a table lays wreaths of hair and lit ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a classic tale following the lives, loves and tribulations of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The Good Company Players' latest production "Little ...