Are we doing better than a factory worker of 1914? Let’s compare wages in the currency of Model Ts.
Tag: historical
Intense and passionate friendships among women in the 19th century were considered normal and healthy. This was, of course, before the spectre of homosexuality ruined everything.
This 1898 article is meant to make smashing sound unattractive.
Socrates was accused of not worshiping the right gods and of corrupting Athenian youth by teaching them logical thinking. Regardless of era, the problems of being out of one’s own time are the same.
From ‘Street Life in London’, 1877, by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith In his savage state, whether inhabiting the marshes of Equatorial Africa, or the mountain ranges of Formosa, man…
Advice on how to be the best mid-19th century young adult you can be