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The economic transformations of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century brought about further changes in men's and women's roles. Work...
The economic transformations of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century brought about further changes in men's and women's roles. Work was less likely to be done in the home, as fewer and fewer Americans lived on farms, and men left the home to work in offices and factories. Men assumed sole responsibility for the financial support of the family, becoming the breadwinners, a term coined in the early 19th century. Married women were not supposed to work for wages, and were considered…
1. Victorian Living Rooms Found on Dusty Old Thing. 2. The Other Cleopatra Sometime between the 1st and 5th centuries there lived another extraordinary Egyptian woman called Cleopatra, who practiced alchemy. Known today as Cleopatra the Alchemist, she wrote Th
Here is a collection of bizarre and hilarious pictures that shows Victorian people were so funny. Burglary couple  Burglary couple....
The photos were taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson and give a glimpse into the daily grind of life in the capital over 150 years ago. Eleven of Thomson's images have been colourised.
The photos were taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson and give a glimpse into the daily grind of life in the capital over 150 years ago. Eleven ...
INCREDIBLE colourised photos bring all aspects of Victorian London to life – including street sellers, child labourers, and busking musicians. The expertly colourised snaps were taken in the 1870s,…
Photographer Thomas Annan captured Glasgow between the 1860s and 70s, at a time when the city had transformed and rapidly grown
