Description from seller Cecile R. Parker. Personal Correspondence Disgruntled Woman Regarding Her Marriage, Her Leaving, and Her New Life. 1874. This 14 page letter to Mrs. Evaline Price does little to mask exactly how happy the writer is to have left her husband and how unhappy she was before she did. Her contempt for the man comes through as she reflects on how much better she now feels, like "a bird out of its cage". "Jos has remarked to several of my friends that he would be so glad if I would come back... I...

Description from seller Two part advertising embossed die-cut - Edwardian Liberated Women. Celluloid Starch Co. New Have CT. circa 1900. A die-cut women wearing her hair pulled up under her hat, her puffed sleeve blouse and bloomers to ride on the tent-style self-standing bicycle. The reverse promotes Celluloid Starch. Measures 5" x 5". A popular topic and important influencer of the time. The women wearing bloomers, liberating her to ride a bicycle and not have to rely on others to travel about. Most images of...