Motherhood

Laura Bassi on Struggle

In: 18th Century Women, Motherhood, Science

Tagged: Bologna, Female Education, Italian, Newton, Physicist, Teaching

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti (1711 – 1778), an ItalianRead More →

Dr. Anna Elizabeth Broomall

Anna Elizabeth Broomall on Episiotomy

In: 19th Century Women, Activists, Medicine, Motherhood, Women's Rights

Tagged: Antiseptics, Obstetrics, Physician, Pregnancy, Women's Health, Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

Anna Elizabeth Broomall (1847-1913) suffered name-calling, spit wads, and theRead More →

Ida C. Craddock

Ida Craddock on the Belly Dance

In: 19th Century Women, Activists, Authors, Education, Motherhood, Spiritualism, Women's Rights

Tagged: Anthony Comstock, belly dancing, Comstock Laws, First Amendment rights, obsenity, sex education

Ida Celenire Craddock (1857-1902) was born into a world whereRead More →

Catherine Beecher on Exercise

In: 19th Century Women, Daily Life, Education, Motherhood

Tagged: Education of Girls, Exercise for Women, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Household Tips

“Woman’s great mission is to train immature, weak, and ignorantRead More →

Anna Maria Jarvis Mother's Day Founder

Anna Maria Jarvis on Mother’s Day

In: 19th Century Women, Civil War, Motherhood

Tagged: Mother's Day, Mother's Day Work Clubs

The Mother’s Day that we celebrate today with cards, candy,Read More →

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Babies

In: 19th Century Women, Activists, Motherhood, Women's Rights

Tagged: Child-Rearing, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Stanton has gone down in history as a tireless fighterRead More →