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A Storm of Applause and Hisses: The Mob Convention and Women’s Rights, 1853
This is the first in a series of posts about headline-grabbing stories in mid-nineteenth-century New York. “Time’s up.” “That’ll do.”“Shut up.” “Go to bed.” “Take a drink.” Hissing. Groans. Stamping of feet. Contemptuous laughter. General uproar and confusion. And countless … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolition movement, Antoinette Brown, Bloomer costume, Bloomers, Broadway Tabernacle, Charles C. Burleigh, Harriot K. Hunt, Horace Greeley, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Metropolitan Hall, Mob Convention, New York Herald, New-York Tribune, Nineteenth-century reform movements, Reform dress, Sojourner Truth, Temperance movement, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Woman's Rights Convention 1853, Women's rights movement, Women's suffrage movement
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Index
Architecture Behind the Closed Door: Privacy by Design in 19th-Century Houses Greek Revival Mystery: Who Designed the Bartow Mansion? Hold Your Horses: Bartow-Pell’s Carriage House Restoring the Splendor of the Mansion: The Shutter Restoration Workshop Sleeping Beauty: A Romantic Ruin … Continue reading
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An Elaborate Pile of Comfort: Making the Bed in the Days of Horsehair, Straw, and Feathers
Everyone wants to wake up refreshed in the morning after a good night’s sleep in a comfortable bed. But in the days before memory foam, fitted sheets, and down-alternative comforters—when straw, horsehair, feathers, wool, and sometimes even corn husks, moss, … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th-century bed linens, 19th-century bedding, 19th-century mattresses, 19th-century pillows and bolsters, 19th-century sleeping customs, Bed cords, Bed steps, Canvas sacking on bedsteads, Carpet on antique bed steps, Corn husk mattresses, Feather beds, Feather beds unhealthy, French bedsteads, High-post bedsteads, Horsehair mattresses, Laths or slats on 19th-century bedsteads, Making the bed in the 19th century, Paillasses, Sleeping propped up on pillows and bolsters in the 19th century, Straw mattresses, Wool mattresses
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