Exhibitions marking the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, as well as the histories of women institutionalized in 19th-century asylums will open in the UB Anderson Gallery on Sept. 12. “Eighty-Six ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, one aspect of the abortion debate stayed the same: lurid sensationalism. GOP firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene extolled the court for outlawing ...

Mrs. Dr. Rebecca Keck of Davenport pulled her family out of poverty by selling her healing tonics in the 1870s but was seen as a quack, even in her family, generations later. At least until her ...

A book offering a captivating account of the often-ignored and moving story of how Irish women dominated North American prisons in the 19th century is the perfect read this St. Brigid's Day Bank ...

Mademoiselle M. F. Daniel, “A Rustic Bridge over a Brook Shaded by Trees” (19th century), etching (all images courtesy the New York Public Library unless noted) In the 19th century, Henrietta Louisa ...

Women from a 19th-century farming community in the Netherlands probably didn’t breastfeed their babies because they were too busy working. It is the first time that widespread artificial feeding has ...

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