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Moral Guardians in the Home and City
In the late nineteenth century, middle class women were responsible for maintaining safe homes and protecting children and husbands from immorality. As wives and mothers, women reformers also made it their duty to also make Chicago a safe and…
Mosaic of a Woman
Mosaic of a woman, possibly from a painting.
Mount Vesuvius after the eruption
Illustration of the aftermath of Mount Vesuvius' eruption
Mount Vesuvius before the eruption
Illustration from Ioannis Baptistae masculi Neapolitani e Societate Iesu De incendio Vesuuij excitato xvij. kal. Ianuar. anno trigesimo primo saeculi decimisptimi libri X...(Napels, 1633)