Spiritual Makeup: Religion and Cosmetics (Religion in American History Blog Post)
For early Americans and Europeans alike, cosmetics carried spiritual and moral messages. In this post I look to three examples of the use...
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Oct 15, 20141 min read
When Women Don't Marry: Single Blessedness and the Shidduch Crisis (Religion in American History blo
"Save our desperate daughters," proclaims the cover article in issue 521 of Mishpacha [family] magazine, an English-language,...
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Sep 11, 20141 min read
Female (Mis)Behavior, Class, and Religious Authority: Bath Attendants in Early America (Religion in
What can baths tell us, then, about the everyday lives and challenges women faced in early America? In this post, I move beyond an...
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