Woman's World. Ellen Kenyon on Arrested Development
Dr Ellen E Kenyon discusses women's progress in a Sunday Science Sermons meeting at Robert Collyer's church. She argues women are trapped by tradition and need real participation in law making and education to realize their ethical power, noting England's aheadness in expanding women's schooling.
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Science Sermons Society
Robert Collyer
Ellen E. Kenyon
School Journal
Kenyon
United States
England
New York Sun
The Vassar Girl and the Emancipation Satire
A New York Times note cites a Vassar College Alumnae meeting where the glee club performed a satirical verse about emancipation from the term “Vassar Female College.” The spoof traces the word on spoons and on the college sign as the faculty progresses in wisdom and knowledge.
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Vassar
Vassar College Alumnii Association
New York
College Glee Club
Vassar Female College
Norwich
Vassar College
New York Times
Southern women physicians reshape southern medical scene
The article notes eight distinct women only medical colleges in the US with Baltimore and Atlanta well established in the south and Cincinnati expanding. About 500 women graduate annually from these and coed schools, many remaining in the South, signaling women doctors will cease to be curiosities there in a few years and prompting southern physicians to prepare for future consultations.
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United States
Baltimore
Atlanta
Woman'sedical College of
Cincinnati
South
Rure
The Gentlemanly Girl and Modern Women's Attire
Readings from periodical commentary discuss fashion shifts for women including the rise of the gentlemanly manly suit style, the reinvention of the blouse waist as a tailored piece, and advice on appropriate accessories. It notes women balancing function and elegance, with a focus on practicality, benevolence, and self supporting occupations.
Women Wage Earners in New York and Chicago Jobs
The New York Journal reports about 260000 New York women workers with 10 percent married and 7 percent widows or divorced. Wages range from 1.50 a week cash girls to 18 a week for top stenographers, with higher paid fields not covered. Chicago in 1892 had 6089 women in 474 occupations. over half earned 4 to 7 dollars weekly, 680 less than 4, and 1429 from 7 to 25. 2 percent married and 8 percent widowed or divorced.
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New York
Chicago
New York Journal
Countess Cravens Costume Draws Eyes At Royal Drawing Room
The Countess of Craven wore a pure white satin gown with old point d alencon lace and a silver train at the queen's drawing room last week. Lilies of the valley and white orchids cascaded over the dress, creating an imposing display. London Letter notes a New Zealand woman suffrage tale.
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Countess Craven
Countess of Craven
Queen’s
London
New York
Sun
Exclusive Scarlet Glove Promises Luxe Style
A new glove features a scarlet accent on tan pearl gray or green shades. It is bound by a bright scarlet line and fastened with four prominent scarlet bone buttons. Marketed as the most exclusive, it carries a matching premium price.
Syrian journalist recalls paper rejection for women
Mme Hanna Korany, a Syrian writer, spoke at a Sorosis address about her early failed submissions to papers in her homeland. She recalled editors saying it would be a disgrace to print anything written by a woman. A New World-trained listener noted such barriers are less common in America.
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Milady
New York Tribune
London
Mme
Hanna Korany
Sorosis
America
Land of Promise
Korany
Ingenious twin seat piano stool of simple division
A piano stool is described that converts into two seats from one unit. The central pillar splits, two legs supported by iron brackets on the floor provide stability, and the circular top slides to form a twin seat. The upholsterer praises the compact clever design.
British Advice on American Bride's Wrinkle
An English women's paper suggests London brides imitate American brides by singing Lohengrin's bridal chorus at weddings. It argues that sisters across the Atlantic could offer more clever wrinkles than they imitate, noting a swell American wedding as example.
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London
Atlantic
Red Parasol Protects Skin From Sun Freckles Says London
A London Gentlewoman notes that a red parasol cuts actinic sun power and shields skin from freckles. Photographers once used red light through a medium, suggesting red shade could safeguard complexions.
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London
Governor appoints woman to Deaf, Mute and Blind Institute
Mrs. L. C. Dwinell of Colorado Springs is named to the board of trustees of the Deaf, Mute and Blind Institute in Colorado Springs. The Woman Voter urges the governor to appoint a woman to the staff of the insane asylum at Pueblo.
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L. C. Dwinell
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Deaf, Mute and Blind Institute
Pueblo
Premium promised to society of Forty five women
The Hartford Courant notes a satirical line about aging and gender in an essay on Middle Aged Women. It recalls a promise of a premium to join the Society of Ladies of Forty-five that was never paid.
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Hartford Courant
Society of Ladies of Forty-five
Fashion notes and women’s public roles across regions
The American Fashion Journal notes sashes as stylish accessories for gowns. Jamestown Kansas honors Mrs Mary L Barton a notary public and former postmaster, with eight children. Newburg New York removes male from electors clause. Nova Scotia defeats bill for unmarried women voting parity. Lily Lord Tifft of Buffalo joins Thomas Asylum board. Ellen Groenendyke preaches mission work in Alabama. Europe hosts over 600 000 women in public appointments.
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Mary L. Barton
Amendment Club
Jamestown
Kan
Lily Lord Tifft
Buffalo
The
Thomas Asylum For
Europe
A Woman's Power and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Special Toole Pad readers praise the influence of women on civilization and recounts testimonials praising Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterine troubles. Women claim improved health, restored energy, and relief from irregularity and leucorrhea after using the remedy and related products.
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Toole Pady
Lydia Fe, Pinkham
Lydia Bo Pinkham
Helen Smith
Chicago
The Geranium Care Guide From Early Horticulture
The geranium thrives in varied soils and tolerates dry air and dust with profuse blooming most of the season. It resists insects like scalebug and aphids, prefers rich loam soil with sharp sand, and requires drainage charcoal. Water only after the top dries, and avoid oversized pots to favor blooms over foliage.
Demand in Grapes Pushes for Seedless Flavor in Future Varieties
The Rural New Yorker notes seeds trigger appendicitis and growers push for grapes with minimal acidity around seeds. It cites Concord, Delaware, and Catawba as examples and discusses skin and seed separation. A Natal rose calla is mentioned as a unrelated note.
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New Yorker
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Ellen Kenyon
Arrested Development
Virginia Medical Monthly
Gentlemanly
Fabrica
Boston Globe
Congress of Women
American Fashion Journal
Common Council of
Newburg
N. Y
Nova Scotia Assembly
Ellen Groenendyke
United Brethren Church
Alabama
Earth
Natal
Stockbridge
Ani
Wardwell Lumber CO
B. H. Gladding
Ah CO
Dep’t
Extra Fine Wiltons
Bigelow Axminster
Smith Axminster
Bigelow
Lowell
Brussels
Pawtucket Mutual Fire
Main Street
Pawtucket
R. I
G.forge A Mumford
George W.newell
Philo EK Thayer
Edward A Gheene
Aa A Mann
Edmund B Maron
Benjamin F Smith
James L. Jenks
George L Walker
Robert Sherman
Hal P. Moses
Fed Isaag Shove
P. Shinner, Jr
Westminster ST
Providence, R. I
Gladding’s Market
Thames Street
Bristol
Marsily
Marline
Oakum
Wardwell Lumber
Zal. L. M
WM. H. Spooner
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New Tore
Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co
Americal
Casualty Insurance
Union Mutual
Ommloe No. SF
Weybosset Street, Providence, R. I
Nsures
Edwin Barebowl
Joseph T. A. Eddy
P. Shinner
Fire Insurance Agency
Aetna Insurance Company, OF
Hartford
Connecticut Fire Insurance LLC., OF
Hartford, Conn
Capital and Assets
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co., OF
Philadelphia
P Skinner, JR
Bristol County Savings Bank
Opestreet
City Savings Bank
Weybosset Street
Providence
John 8
Palmer
Henry C.cranston
Jas F.cranston
D. Russell Brown
Dutee Wilcox
J W. Crocker
Jeffrey Davis
Geo. . B. Boy Georg
Joseph A.stark
Jobo H
Q. Nightingale
Thomas J. Hill
James C. Church
Ranston
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
Edward
Babbitt
Hansabte
Post Office
Revidence R
GEV. H. Peck
Ofpich
Providence Mutual Fire
Ios
Kobi
Taylor
B. M. McDorees
Franklin Street
H.C. Waters
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