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The imagery of women at the turn of the century, part II

Khnopff The Caress RE: my post on the imagery of women in the 19th century. Considering the ideal was so unrealistic it’s only natural that a countermovement uprooted. This marks the first wave of feminism. Contrary to now, the bigger part of the first feminist movement believed women were asexual. Christabel Packhurst, the sufragette leader, [...]

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The imagery of women at the turn of the century

During mid-19th century the middle class gained in economic power and businessmen sought ways to find credit. Due to not having yet fully established the bank of England and credit checks not being invented yet, Bram Dijkstra argues that ‘one’s worth was established by word of mouth’, and ‘evidence of the eye’. Middle class women [...]

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