Pioneering suffragist Mrs. Abigal Bush campaigns in California
Mrs Abigal Bush an 86 year old pioneer of American woman suffrage joins the California campaign. She was the first woman to preside over a suffrage meeting in Rochester in 1847 despite opposition from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, marking a bold start to the movement.
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Mrs. Bush
United States
Rochester
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Reform dress movement urged by Brooklyns E Christine Lumsden
Mrs E Christine Lumsden leads a Brooklyn movement promoting reform in women's dress. She describes adopting knee length skirts and boots for comfort after riding a bicycle and sketching in parks. The change aims to ease mobility and reduce heavy fabrics.
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Tober
Brooklyn
E. Christine Lumsden
Judge Gibbons rules alimony denied in new view of marriage
In a Chicago divorce case both spouses over 60 had a two year marriage. The wife, a property owner, faced alimony as the husband was poor and invalid. Judge Gibbons argued for reciprocal duties and equal property rights, ruling the wife must pay family bills if the husband cannot contribute. The decision sparks debate on women’s rights and law.
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Gibbons
Chicago
Brooklyn Women Convene to Reform Skirt Lengths
The Brooklyn Health Culture club of 150-plus women vows to ban long skirts during mud gatherings and microbe fears. Members pledge to wear skirts three inches above ground, with rainy weather outfits of bloomers or knickerbockers and gaiters or knee boots.
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Brooklyn Health Culture Club
German women rise against new civil code in Reichstag debate
The New York Journal notes German women protest a pending civil code that would strip wives of property and child rights. Indignation meetings surge as prominent figures like Frau Augspurg urge justice and warn men to heed a growing feminine movement.
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Hohenzollern
Frau Augspurg
Reichstag
New York Journal
Early autumn frock fabrics and dress ideas noted
Isabel A. Mallon in Ladies' Home Journal reviews importers offerings for early autumn frocks. Smooth faced cloths Scotch homespun and lightweight cevices appear beside lightweight tweed and mohair options in black, brown, and steel tones.
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Isabel A. Mallon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Need For Women to Marry Decreasing
A discussion on women entering gainful occupations shows growth from 1880 to 1890 with women rising to 17 percent of total workers versus 15 percent a decade earlier. Despite higher female participation, marriage remains a key social support factor, making self-sufficiency easier but not altering marriage incentives.
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United States
White for elderly women in fashion and color choices
The New York Post notes it is acceptable for older women to wear white on dressy occasions. It argues pale shades suit aging complexions better than dull black, citing the Duchess of Devonshire in London wearing cream white silk canvas and orchid taffeta with a white crepe de chine parasol and a small bonnet trimmed with pansies.
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Devonshire
London
New York
Post
Designing a Japanese Room in Light Green Theme
A New York World piece suggests decorating a Japanese room with walls in light green crape and bamboo rods, green and tan matting wainscoting, and doors draped in legendary crape. Floors feature subdued Dantsu rugs, while minimal furniture includes bamboo pieces, a sofa table, bookshelf, hanging cabinet, a silk embroidered accent, and a bronze vase with idol base.
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New York World
Washington Women Dye Eyelashes Citing Beauty Trend
The Washington Letter notes women in Washington dyeing their eyelashes to enhance eye appearance. It warns the practice is foolish and dangerous, risking eye injuries even with professionals and causing painful visits to eye doctors for novices attempting it at home.
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Washington
Mrs Carrie Murray Voices Antisuffrage View in San Francisco
Mrs Carrie Murray leads the Antisuffrage league in San Francisco urging women remain out of polls and conventions. She argues women's place is the home, advising husbands and sons on vote choices but not voting themselves. She calls for supporting the best man regardless of party.
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Carrie Murray
San Francisco
The Superseding Silk Shopping Bag
The leather belt or satchel is being superseded by a larger more convenient silk shopping bag. A handsome heavy black satin bag measures about a half yard deep and three eighths of a yard wide, lined with red sarah silk and finished with passementerie. It has black grosgrain ribbon drawstrings and holds a purse and small parcels plus items for matinee shopping.
Autumn fabrics and fashion notes from a New York writer
A New York fashion writer highlights autumn fabrics including silk and wool blends, mohair, jacquard mohair sicilienne, Scotch cloth, bourette textiles, and English serges with rich dyes. Marie Corelli’s bicycle skirt design is criticized as unwearable by American girls. Also reports Fiji women forming clubs, Mary Anderson and Ellen Terry writing memoirs, Bernhardt’s leisure plans, and revival of floral chintz bed canopies.
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New York
Mary Anderson
Ellen Terry
Bernhardt
David and Solomon temple plan and spiritual lessons
The lesson reflects on David's desire to build the Lord's temple, the delay due to bloodshed, and Solomon's future role. It links temple building to spiritual rest, Messianic hope, and divine guidance, urging trust in God, wisdom, and courageous obedience as the church to be built.
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L. Chrop
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Arannah
Ornan
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Moses
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Hiram
Earth
Jedediah
Hira
Jesson
Christ
Temple
Jerusalem
Kingdom of Israel
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Isa
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