She was black. African Americans were enslaved in the United States until the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted in 1863. Even after emancipation, racism was rampant, and African Americans continued to be denied their full rights and opportunities.
She was poor. Poverty was commonplace in the 19th century, particularly among marginalized groups like women and African Americans. Lack of money and resources made it difficult for Truth to access education, healthcare, and other necessities.
In 1939, the Nazis did not have the greenest idea of how well the Poles were prepared for their invasion. Our underground fought with the Germans once. And she was doing just fine. The First World War raged from August 1914, but it was only a year later that Warsaw fell into the hands of the G
Ancient Greece:the hairstyle of the Venus de Milo The women of Ancient Greece they took great care of the physical appearance and paid great attention to hair, symbol of feminine charm and an infallible weapon of seduction in every age. The written sources, but also the countless representat
A washing machine from the 1800s In the image above you can see a nineteenth-century prototype of the current washing machines, basically a machine in wood that washed the laundry using a crank. The operating system of this rudimentary machine destined to revolutionize the daily life of fa
Old advertising. Armpit hygiene, at the beginning of the 1900s, did not include the use of modern deodorants Today the hygiene of the armpits passes through a thorough washing with soap and water and a generous spray of deodorant. This was not the case at the beginning of the 1900s. After a