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NEW YORK, New York in the 1870s: 1 through 5 of 5

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  1. The Young Lady's Guide is a guide on how women should live and conduct their lives according to Gods will.
    date 1870map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Christianity, 19th century youth, family values

    The Young Lady’s Guide, written in 1870, is a book on how women should live and conduct their lives according to God's will. One of the guide’s goals is to get young women to look at the broader picture and to forget the distractions in their daily lives and instead focus on God.  The guide is split in several different sections with each section written by a different author who is experienced...

  2. A Senseless Waste
    date 1870 to 1871map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Women in the Household, fashion

                    “Personal insecurity is the great motivator to shop.”  Middle-class women of the 19th century struggled to keep up with fashion trends set by the wealthy in society in order to feel stylish and modern in a time where modernity was prized.  Sarah Tytler, a member of the American Tract Society and a contributor to The Young Lady’s Guide, wrote about this focus on...

  3. Arctic Exploration:  Dangerous Adventure or Scientific Discovery?
    date May 13, 1873map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Diplomacy/International, Science/Technology

    Arctic exploration debates the larger question encompassing nineteenth century America:  do we play it safe, or take risks to gain knowledge?  Do we preserve what we have, or seek new things?  Arctic exploration is one debate that centers on these issues, and the 1873 New York Tribune article, “Arctic Exploration,” addresses these difficult questions.  The late nineteenth century saw the beginning...

  4. Vogue:  Women’s Nineteenth Century Fashion
    date 1875map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Women, Arts/Leisure

    The changing role of nineteenth century women from a worker on the farm to a woman of society was reflected in fashion transformations, with fashion magazines that spoke directly to women, stating that “every lady loves it.”  Magazine stressed the novelty and desirability of the clothing pictured.  MME Demorest’s Illustrated Portfolio of the Fashions was a popular biannual women’s magazine,...

  5. A Defeat So Sweet
    date November 3, 1876 to November 7, 1876map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Government, Politics

    On November 3, 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes wrote a letter to General M.F. Force. As the November 7th presidential election loomed, Hayes wrote with a melancholy tone about his prospect for victory. In the letter he tells General Force that he will find a variety of things to console him in the event of his defeat, and that there is nothing he would go back and change about his campaign if he could. Hayes...