Tag Archives: 1918

The Science/Medicine Post

Indeed, in the early twentieth century, the press loved nothing more than featuring women medical students from around the world in their native costumes. A few posts at tumblr on women in medicine/science in the period from the 1880s-1940s.  More … Continue reading

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The Short Sari Post

20th September 1918:  Flag sellers on India Day wearing national costume.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Can’t locate what India Day was meant for – to raise funds for the war effort? The sari is probably a shawl wound … Continue reading

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