Meet The Rebellious Women Of 19th Century NYC

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Portrait of Elizabeth Jennings Graham 1895, Courtesy Kansas State Historical Society; Adah Isaacs Menken in Mazeppa, 1863, MCNY

Madeleine Crenshaw

Published Jul 20, 2018

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