Women’s status in ancient civilizations explored by Mrs Stevenson
A Philadelphia lecture summary traces woman’s legal equality in ancient Babylonia, Egypt and Sparta, contrasts with later Semitic, Greek and Roman practices, notes testimony rules and marriage norms, and highlights evolving freedoms and restrictions across civilizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara
Yorke Stevenson
Philadelphia
Times
Babylonia
Josephus
Renan
Manu
Aale
Asia
Stevenson
Sappho
Corinna
Telesilla
Sparta
Laconia
Rome
Egypt
Mrs. Stevenson
Selected Recipes and Domestic Notes from a 19th Century Page
The excerpt lists kitchen instructions for Rice and Turnip Tops, Curried Rice, Rice and Tomatoes, Rice and Red Haricot, Pasty, Raspberry Pudding, Seed Cake, Fish Pasty, Omelet, and Grated Cheese, interspersed with light social snippets and humor from period magazines. It preserves a mix of practical recipes and social brief remarks.
Censors and Customs in Constantinople Explore Freedom
A Tribune article recalls how Turkish censorship grips books and newspapers, stamping out words like freedom and democracy and expunging references to Armenia. It details customs inspections, translator hardship, and how editors must bow to blue pencils or risk suspension and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bomeone
Turkey
Europe
France
England
Austria
Germany
Constantinople
Effend
Agia Minor
Gina & Go
Mr. Gardner
Armenia
Mohammed
Galoura
Abdul Hamid II
Yildiz
Murad
Bosphorus
Egypt
Mediterranean
Africa
Switzerland
London
Kavas
Viator
Providence
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ulry Grace Mandir
Greece
Detro Tribune
San Francisco News
Ome
Honest Old Maida
Repice
Old Maida
Queen Victoria
George IV
Royal Lodge
Victoria
King
Sarah Grand
Jack
Perapa
Air
Philadelphia Times
Cincinnati Tribune
Sultor
Maud
Marie
Brooklyn
Detroit Tribune
Barricoletti
Gelsomini
Nice
Sam
Milan
Il Carling
Janpar—Caensar
Jumpuppe
Boston Post
Atlanta Constitution
Colonel Trotter
Mrs. Norris
Puck
Freddy
Willie
Papa
Wilie
New York Herald
Mr. Parking
John
Ja. P
Harper’s Bazar
Har
Turkish Empire
the Tribune
Carnot
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Infanta
G. C. Cacoon
Lowell
J. F. Kiecrrezos
Conway, Ark
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children's Department
Boston
Attex
Surre
Pres
the Centaur Company
T. Murray Street
New York City
Eva M. Hetzel
Ckawanna Ave
N. A. Hulbert
Wyoming Ave
Scranton
Steinway & Sordecker Brothers
Kranich & Back
Stultz & Bauer
AMD Manufactur
Solling, m
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