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Jules Goodman made six illustrations for Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman," the headnote being an abstract piece picturing Ella, the protagonist, and the poet character Robert Trewe, whom she falls in love with despite not formally meeting. On…

One of the common forms of fortune telling from Victorian England was cartomancy, involving the assignment of emotions or conditions to card values. Cards would be drawn for customers or picked randomly by them. There were various techniques of card…

For Spring Break 2019, I went to London for 5 days where I was able to go to the Tower of London which guards the Crown Jewels. In class, we briefly spoke about the Koh-I-Noor diamond when having to read The Illustrated London News (September, 8,…

There are two side by side images of a couple eating dinner at their table when all a sudden the ghost of Jim Stubbs, the former occupant of the house, appears to them. This image is an example of the Victorians using new technology to create new…

During the much of the Victorian Era, many hospitals in London had operating theaters, where people could buy a ticket to watch operations. The spectacle could be gruesome, as anesthesia was not used until 1847. The images provided show the…

During the much of the Victorian Era, many hospitals in London had operating theaters, where people could buy a ticket to watch operations. The spectacle could be gruesome, as anesthesia was not used until 1847. The images provided show the…

The Mayor of NYC declares an extension to the stay of the Fearless Girl statue in the city.

This is a poem which requests to know what the rights of women are as a result of viewing these rights as difficult to determine. In this poem, Burnside reflects that women have not changed over time and had not considered the idea of “woman’s…

In this article, it speaks about the appeal to voting. Specifically, women's right to vote was being spoken about here and the women that were qualified to do so based on many different factors. During this time, women wanted to be equal to men but…