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Women’s Knowledge Digital Library

This Extraordinary Woman: Portraits of Female Curiosities in early American Print Culture

Portraits published between 1771 and 1859.

Description

These portraits, published between 1771 and 1859, appear in works as varied as almanacs, journals of phrenology, and ethnographic histories. Whether the publications were intended to educate or entertain, the portraits today provide us with a lens through which we can better understand historical constructions of the female body.

Source

http://www.librarycompany.org/extraordinarywoman/

Language

English

Collections

History Collection

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