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1111.784.0001Scope and Content
This is pages 15 and 16 from the New York Sunday Herald, December 30, 1900. Both pages are concerned with differences between 1900 and 1800 in the lives of women.
Page 15 is headed, "How Woman's Sphere Has Broadened Since A Century Ago" There are short articles, written by women whose pictures appear, on the topics: Politics, Law, Patriotic Influence, the Stage, Journalism, Suffrage, Red Cross, Art, Medicine, College and Clubs
Page 16 is headed "Wives, Sisters and Sweethearts Of A Century Ago" There are pictures of: Making silk ribbon, Dipping candles, Making tape on a hand loom, Spinning on a flax wheel, "The Interruption" of a piano lesson, and "Drinking Liberty Tea in 1776" There is also text entitled, "Social Pastimes and Household Occupations One Hundred Years Ago."