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As A Wife and Mother |
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"Marriage
signified
a
woman's
maturity
and
respectability,
but
motherhood
was
confirmation
that she
had
entered
the
world of
womanly
virtue
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female
fulfillment." |
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Status Of A Married Woman In American Society 1898 |
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Daily Life Of An Ambitious Women 1902 |
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For Better, For Worse 1906 Englishwoman vs American Women |
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The Englishwoman At Home 1893 |
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Frigid Victorian Women? |
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A Whisper To A Newly Married Pair |
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The History of Midwifery and Childbirth In America: A Timeline |
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Diet and Drinks of Nursing Women by Jno. Stainback Wilson, M.D. 1860 |
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Is The Red Nose From the Corset or From the Liquor? |
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As A Socialite |
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The
women of
society
would
take
their
social
obligations
seriously
attending
weddings,
balls,
dinners
and
private
receptions,
as well
as
making
the
necessary
calls on
friends
and
relatives.
Among
these
women ,
there
were a
few that
were
socially
ambitious,
such as
the
famous
Mrs.
Astor,
who was
indeed
the
social
arbitrator
of the
Gilded
Age.
Her
annual
Astor
Ball was
the
pivotal
highlight
of New
York
social
life.
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Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854-1921) |
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Bertha Honore Palmer Socialite |
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Socialite & Art Collector |
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
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Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor Socialite |
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Julia Gardiner Tyler-Society Lady |
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Alva Ertskin Smith Vanderbilt Belmont |
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Theresa Fair Oelrichs |
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Goodness Gracious, What's all The Fuss? Weddings My Dear! |
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After
the
mothers
are
satisfied
that
their
daughters
are
marrying
into
money or
lineage,
usually
trading
one for
the
other,
they
compete
by
displaying
their
wealth
through
lavish
spending
on
decorations,
entertainment,
and by
sending
out at
least
1000
invitations
to
society's
elite.
In
addition
to their
satisfaction
at
having
made
good
matches
for
their
children,
they
will
enjoy
the
costly
wedding
gifts of
silver
and silk
that
will be
sure to
follow.
The
wedding
gown
will be
the
latest
fashion
from
Paris,
all
white
satin
and lace
flounces
with a
tulle
veil--and
an
orange
blossom
bouquet.
The
wedding
would
not be
complete
without
the near
mandatory
European
honeymoon.
Only the
best for
this
reach of
society's
well-clad
arm. |
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December Weddings 1889 |
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Late January Weddings 1890 |
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Brides Of An April Day 1890 |
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Many Happy June Brides 1891 |
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Some November Brides 1891 |
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Some February Weddings 1893 |
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Society Woman's Lament: How Awful, I Have Absolutely Nothing To Wear! |
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For the
women of
Society
"dressing
for
status,
as an
outward
expression
of
wealth,"
is
essential.
Her
choice
of
fashionable
clothes,
accessories
and body
adornment
indicate
that she
has
sufficient
status
in
society
to
afford
its
maintenance
of
cleanliness
and
neatness.
In their
desire
for
group
affiliation,
these
idle
women
spend
their
lives
and
fortunes,
absorbed
in the
rigors
of
shopping
for the
latest
fashions,
whether
in Paris
or
elsewhere.
And
where
do you
suppose are the
men of
society?
Why working
of
course,
to pay
for
their
wives
and
daughter's
extravagant
fashionable
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Fashionable Shopping |
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Costly Thy Habit |
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Dressing For Driving |
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Incongruities of Dress |
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A New Bicycle Skirt 1893 |
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Variety In Frocks 1905 |
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Gowns Seen At The Newport Casino 1901 |
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1700-1799 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1800-1829 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1840-1859 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1860-1869 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1883-1889 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1890-1899 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1900-1909 Bissonnette On Costume |
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Circa 1890's Iridescent Bronze Gown |
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1894 Vintage Promenade Gown |
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Circa 1900 Silk Print Vintage Gown |
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1903 Vintage Grey Etamine Afternoon Gown |
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Nineteenth Century Fashion |
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Mid-Late Victorian Fashion 1860-1901 |
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1894/1896 Walking Suit |
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Fashions of Long Ago |
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Hairstyles Of The Victorian Era |
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Dressing The Victorian Woman |
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1874 Bustled Dinner Gown |
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Gossip, Gossip, Gossip Over The Teacups: Society Scandals |
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Tea Time
was an
opportunity
for the
hostesses,
to
display
their
finest
silverware
and
china
serving
tea to
friends
in the
late
afternoon.
These
"tea
parties"
quickly
became a
popular
social
event,
where
women
could
share
conversation
and the
latest
gossip,
on the
most
recent
news of
the
Society
World.
And what
do you
think
was
their
most
favorite
subject?
Scandals,
of
course. |
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Crime In A High Place: A Buffalo Society Scandal 1878 |
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Washington Society Woman Leaves Husband To Go On Stage 1902 |
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Suicide of C.J. Vanderbilt: Shoots Himself In The Head |
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Bogus Count Royal Von Helden Said To Have Four Wives |
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Cora Urquhart Potter Wants A Fortune |
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A Tiff In An Art Gallery: Mrs. Paran Stevens Sued 1887 |
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Mrs. Thaw and Thomas Asked To Leave 1908 |
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Wife and Children Barred Out of Hezekiah B. Smith's Will |
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Subway Train Kills R.W. Criswell, Editor 1905 |
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Wealthy Young Man Shoots Himself 1884 |
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Find Mrs. Lorillard Jr. Dead In Bathroom: Coroner's Verdict, Suicide Part I |
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Find Mrs. Lorillard Jr. Dead In Bathroom: Coroner's Verdict, Suicide Part II |
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Notes Put In Coffin With Mrs. Lorillard Jr. |
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Rhinelanders Flee Glare of Publicity 1924 |
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Rhinelander Sues To Annul Marriage: Race Deceit 1924 |
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Brooklyn Heights Society Leader, Miss Koop Kills Herself 1893 |
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White Plains Excited: Flight of Society Leader 1886 |
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Elopement Of A Wealthy Young Lady of Rochester 1884 |
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A Shock To Wall Street 1885 Part I |
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A Shock To Wall Street 1885 Part II |
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Rich Mrs. Provost Married To A Negro 1897 |
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Scandal In High Life In Chicago 1860 |
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Society Girls In Tears: Malicious Attacks Upon Their Reputation 1887 |
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Ladies Go A Stealing |
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The Girl On The Swing: Evelyn Nesbitt |
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Divorce? Tsk, Tsk: Oh Dear, What A Shame! |
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Divorce
furnishes
sufficient
scandal
to keep
Society's
tongues
wagging. "Several
ladies
moving
in
fashionable
society
would
establish
residency
in
Newport,
in order
that
under
the
easy-going
divorce
laws of
Rhode
Island,
they
might
obtain
divorces
from
their
husbands."
Divorce
suits
are
usually
based on
marital
infidelity,
drunkenness,
extreme
cruelty
and failure
to
support
ensure a
consistent
flow of
gossip
at the
resort.
Even the
men
enjoy
the buzz
about
divorce
cases
manipulated
through
fraud
and
perjury.
Given
the
rapidly
rising
rate of
divorce
among
the
Gilded
Age set
and the
costs
the
husband
usually
incurred,
no
wonder
the
subject
was one
of the
period's
hottest
conversation
topics. |
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Elliott F. Shepard Sued For Divorce 1902 |
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A Divorce For Mrs. Allen 1887 |
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Skeletons In Society: Two Cases At Newport 1885 |
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The Wife Of A Prominent Physician Seeks A Divorce 1884 |
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An Orange County Divorce Case: Infidelity 1878 |
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A Wife Suing For A Divorce On The Ground of Ill-Treatment 1859 |
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The Portland Divorce Suit 1871 |
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Mrs. E.R. Thomas Sues For Divorce |
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Fraudulent Divorce: Mrs. Simmons's Hard Lot. 1880 |
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Mrs. Simmons's Lawyer: His Trial, Fraudulent Divorce 1880 |
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Fraudulent Divorce Annulled, Phelps vs Phelps 1884 |
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Divorce Made Easy 1869 |
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Effect of the Laws of 1907 Upon Divorce Procedure |
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Divorce Secrecy Left To The Court 1909 |
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Divorce Lawyers |
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Women of Wealth, Scorning To Be Idle, Take An Interest in the Suffrage Movement and Artistic Pursuits |
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"The
true
American
society
woman
does not
think
millions
an
excuse
for
idleness.
Her
European
sister
of
wealth
can
content
herself
in
luxurious
sloth if
she
will,
but this
does not
suffice
the
daughter
of Uncle
Sam. In
the
circles
of great
wealth
are
dozen
women
who are
doing
meritorious
work
with
brush,
pen, and
chisel.
And they
are
professionals
in the
fullest
sense of
the
word.
Many
women of
society
were
also
interested
in the
Suffrage
Movement." |
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Seeking The Right To Vote 1894 |
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Society Women Want Votes 1894 |
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Working For Woman Suffrage 1894 |
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Work of Society Women For Equal Suffrage |
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Why they Demand A Vote |
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Women Of Wealth, Scorning To Be Idle |
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