Harper College: Bursting the Corset, 19th Century Women Who Defied Stereotypes

A corset illustrates the lives of many women in the 19th century: constrained and forced into an unnatural shape. But not all women lived in such a constricted way. This course introduces you to ten remarkable women: spies, suffragists, agitators, reformers; women like Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Mother Jones, who moved out of… Continue Reading Harper College: Bursting the Corset, 19th Century Women Who Defied Stereotypes