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Armi︠a︡nki v prazdnichnom nari︠a︡di︠e︡. [Artvini︠e︡], Portrait photo, Library of Congress

Armi︠a︡nki v prazdnichnom nari︠a︡di︠e︡. [Artvini︠e︡], Portrait photo, Library of Congress

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Two women sitting on a bench in a park.

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The beginning of the twentieth century was a period of dramatic change for women in the West. In the late Victorian period women were constricted by a patriarchal social structure. But the early twentieth century saw the creation of the Suffragette movement, the catalyst for the rapid social change that occurred over the rest of the century. With career options other than marriage and motherhood opening up to them, women engaged with politics, served in the two world wars, made an impact on the artistic and literary worlds and experienced social and sexual liberation. Between 1880 and 1910, the number of women employed in the United States increased from 2.6 million to 7.8 million. Women's organizations in towns and cities across the U.S. were working to promote suffrage, better schools, the regulation of child labor, women in unions, and liquor prohibition. By emphasizing traditional traits, female social reformers created new spaces for themselves in local and then national government even before they had the right to vote.

The Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection features color photographic surveys of the vast Russian Empire made between ca. 1905 and 1915. Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities. An active photographer and scientist, Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook most of his ambitious color documentary project from 1909 to 1915. The Library of Congress purchased the collection from the photographer's sons in 1948.

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01/01/1905
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Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1863-1944, photographer
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No known restrictions on publication. For additional information on commercial use, see "Prokudin-Gorskii...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/237_prok.html

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