Authors: Schiffer, Clara Goldberg,
Year: 1861
Subjects: Baer, Howard,; Catlett, Elizabeth,; Hoffman, Irwin D.,; Leighton, Clare,; Schreiber, Georges,; Lewis, Jeanette Maxfield,; Berghaus, A.,; Brown, John George,; Bunnell, C.,; Bush, Charles Green,; Church, Frederick S.; Goater, Walter,; Harper, W. St. John; Lovie, George,; Morse, E. R.,; Ray, F.,; Schiffer, Clara Goldberg,; Shepherd, Jessie,; Smith, Lionel; Snyder, W. P.; Tarbell, John H.,; Upham, Charles,; Waud, A. R.,; Snyder, W. P.; Smith, Lionel; Church, Frederick S.; Bush, Charles Green,; Brown, John George,; African American women Pictorial works.; Charities United States Pictorial works.; Childcare workers Pictorial works.; Dressmakers United States Pictorial works.; Factories Pictorial works.; Laundresses Pictorial works.; Needleworkers Pictorial works.; Nurses Pictorial works.; Women Employment France Pictorial works.; Women Employment Great Britain Pictorial works.; Women Employment United States Pictorial works.; Women artists Pictorial works.; Women cannery workers Pictorial works.; Women household employees United States Pictorial works.; Women in agriculture Pictorial works.; Women in charitable work Pictorial works.; Women in education Pictorial works.; Women teachers Pictorial works.; Working class Great Britain Pictorial works.; Working class United States Pictorial works.; Working class; Women teachers; Women in education; Women in charitable work; Women in agriculture; Women household employees; Women Employment; Women cannery workers; Women artists; Nurses; Needleworkers; Laundresses; Factories; Dressmakers; Charities; African American women; Boston (Mass.) Pictorial works.; Louisiana Pictorial works.; New York (N.Y.) Pictorial works; Philadelphia (Pa.) Pictorial works.; United States; Pennsylvania Philadelphia; New York (State) New York; Massachusetts Boston; Louisiana; Great Britain; France
Abstract: Collection consists of electrotype and photomechanical prints, largely from the 19th century pictorial press, photographs, clippings, and pamphlets illustrating women at work in the United States and abroad. Women are depicted in the traditional occupations open to them: agriculture, factories, laundry, needlework, and school teaching.  Additionally they are shown selling at U.S. Sanitary Commission fairs, cooking, nursing, studying design, and taking directions on Edison's phonograph. A few fine art prints are also included.