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The Nineteenth Century Club adopted the idea that the community was an extended "household" that would benefit from the "gentler spirit" and "uplifting influence" of women, and shifted towards civic reform. The club primarily focused on the needs of women and children, addressing public problems such as sanitation, health, education, employment ...
The Ladies Benevolent Society provided an estimated 10% of charity proceeds in Charleston at the time. With the rise of other charitable groups such as the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy and the Methodist Benevolent Society during the mid-19th century, the Ladies Benevolent Society’s workload diminished. [1]
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A char or chare was a term (of work) in the sixteenth century, [4] which gave rise to the word being used as a prefix to denote people working in domestic service. The usage of "charwoman" was common in the mid-19th century, often appearing as an occupation in the UK census of 1841. It fell out of common use in the later decades of the 20th ...
In the 19th century, courting was the term for socializing between unmarried men and women. When the socializing between a man and woman included an explicit intent to eventually marry, it was called courtship. Men and women met through families and friends, in church, and at school.
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The Whitehall Place entrance to the short-lived 1920 Club. The 1920 Club was a short-lived London ladies and gentlemen's club, which existed in the 1920s.. The original London club was established for Liberal supporters of the Lloyd George government, after the National Liberal Club began systematically blackballing Lloyd George's supporters.
Journalist Tanya Sweeney describes The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette as the "definitive tome" of 19th-century etiquette. [7] According to journalist Jessica Leigh Hester, Hartley's 19th-century etiquette advice can still be instructive in the 21st century, particularly in regard to RSVPs , tasteful dress, avoidance of gossip in places where it ...