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Drawing of a theater performer looking off to the side.

How Love Conquered a Convent: Catholicism and Gender Disorder on the 1830s Stage

'Pet of the Petticoats' extends the reach of Anglo-Atlantic anti-Catholicism to the stage, illustrating the ways its tropes and anxieties moved across genres.

by Sara Lampert via Commonplace on September 7, 2022

Protesters holding signs in support of ending Britney Spear's conservatorship

Britney Spears’s Plight Reflects a Long History of Men Controlling Women Stars

Since the 19th century, men have served as gatekeepers in the entertainment industry, controlling women’s careers.

by Sara Lampert via Made By History on February 24, 2021

Ann Lohman – also known as Madame Restell – in an 1847 edition of the National Police Gazette.

“Immoderate Menses” or Abortion? Bodily Knowledge and Illicit Intimacy in an 1851 Divorce Trial

Edwin Forrest’s 1851 divorce trial.

by Sara Lampert via Nursing Clio on September 23, 2019

Thomas Hamblin

Reflections on 1830s Theater Manager Thomas Hamblin in the #MeToo Era

Over the 1830s, Hamblin transformed the fortunes of the Bowery by featuring melodramas starring young women, but this wasn't without issues.

by Sara Lampert via Nursing Clio on February 8, 2018

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