Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Women -- Education ; Women -- Social aspects ; Home economics ; Housekeeping ; Housewives ; Women -- Suffrage
Lecture read before women's clubs in Los Angeles, California. Discusses the importance of a woman's role in the home, how a woman's education prepares her for life, how education has helped the women's suffrage movement, and the importance of...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923; Presidents' spouses; Speeches; Presidents' spouses; Women missionaries
A speech given by Mary Welch to the W. H. M. (Woman's Home Missionary) Society. Welch discusses the society's missionary work throughout the southern and southwestern United States.
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Home economics ; Women -- Social aspects ; Women -- Social conditions ; lecture notes
Discusses a young woman's role in society, her social responsibility, and how she should conduct herself at gatherings. Lecture give to the YWCA in Los Angeles.
The proportions of a woman's face and head are shown in profile in this illustration from the one millionth volume added to the Iowa State University Library collection.
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Evening and outdoor ensembles with fitted bodices and large hoop skirts. The 3 evening dresses all have wide, low necklines edged with lace; short sleeves, pointed waistlines, and gloves. The center woman has a long sleeved, fitted jacket that...
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Woman's and Man's apparel; dress has sloping shoulders with a canezou trimmed in lace, enormous sleeves with ribbon cuffs, gloves, a belted waist; a full, ankle-length skirt, and a spoon bonnet trimmed with feathers and lace. The man is wearing a...
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Woman's wedding dress with a simpler bodice, jewel neckline, lace-trimmed short sleeves, gloves, a ribbon tied around waist, and a floor length, full skirt; the veil is attached to a floral crown and is decorated with flowers. The accompanying...
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Three day dresses, ankle-length hoop skirts with multiple flounced overskirts, coat sleeves, both v and horizontal lines on bodices, pleated ruffles or lace trim, small hat sitting on top of one's head and a small bonnet on center woman's head,...
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Five day dresses with bustles and small trains, multiple flounced and ruffled overskirts, sashes at waist with large ribbons at center back enhancing the bustles, extensive use of lace trim all over dresses and in hair; coat sleeves with lace,...
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Two evening dresses, morning-glory style skirts with slight trains, straps at shoulder, monobosom bodice to narrow, pointed waist; single flower in each woman's hair, elbow length gloves; left dress has three small ruffles at hem, flowers across...
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Two day ensembles, right has shirtwaists with full, elbow length sleeves, high collar, monobosom, full skirt with two ruffles at hem; left dress has high collar, bishop sleeves and pleated front, belted waist, full or bell shaped skirt, hair piled...
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Two outing costumes that exhibit the typical S-shaped silhouette of the period. The left outfit consists of a shirtwaist with a high collar, small bow tie, buttons down center front, long sleeves with cuffs, a belt, and a skirt with gores that...
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Two children's dresses and two children's coats, boy's dress to knee, belted, bishop sleeves, high collar with large bow, hat with wide brim; girl's dress pleated from drop waist to knee, bishop sleeves, high collar, contrast center panel on...
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Men's Dress, demonstrating the influence of China, including a patterned robe, trimmed in satin with a matching satin beanie hat with a brim, a fabric collar and tasseled at the waist. The Woman's Dress is a redingote with fabric apron overlay,...
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Woman's Dress, showing a wide lace collar with brooch at center of neckline, a fitted bodice, puffed loose sleeves cuffed at the wrist, a patterned full skirt somewhat shorter, the bonnet had a wide brim framing the face and decorated with ribbon...
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Woman's Dress, made out of tulle and trimmed in satin, including a shirred overlay trimmed in lace (both front and back) over a fitted bodice, short puffed sleeves with contrasting fabric cutouts and ribbon, a full skirt decorated with a zigzag...
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Day dresses for different generations. The woman's dress consists of a simple, fitted bodice with a fold-over collar, bow; long, fitted sleeves with cuffs and shoulder extensions, a belted waist, and a full skirt. The dress has an asymmetrical...
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Walking dresses for 3 age groups. The woman's dress on the left has a fitted bodice with long, loose sleeves over a white blouse and full skirt. She is also wearing a bonnet decorated with matching fabric and tied with a large ribbon. The young...
