This cover of theAmerican Magazine, Vol. 95, No. 2, features a blonde and blue-eyed teenage girl. The plump and cherubic red cheeks highlight her young age, but her reserved smile is a sign of a respectable lady.
The Girl's Own Paper was aBritish magazine targeting young female readers and waswidely read in America and Canada during 1880 and 1920. Its content covered a wide variety of subjects surrounding a girl's life, such as dress, reading, and exercise, and taught its readers the Victorian ideal of…
Emma Butman, a native of Waterville, Minnesota, wrote this lengthy letter to her cousin from San Francisco when she visited the city with her mother. Then a 23-year-old single woman, Emma waschaperoned by her mother during her travel. Nevertheless,Emma was exhilarated in seeing the sunny, urban, and…