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Há 21 horas · Life in the Klondike. The massive influx of prospectors drove the formation of boom towns along the routes of the stampede, with Dawson City in the Klondike the largest. The new towns were crowded, often chaotic and many disappeared just as soon as they came.
- August 16, 1896, Bonanza Creek
- Alaska Gold Rush, Yukon Gold Rush
- 1896–1899 (stampede: 1897–98)
- Dawson City at Klondike River, Yukon, Canada
1 de mai. de 2024 · Ida B. Wells-Barnett, American journalist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African Americans and founded (1910) what was possibly the first Black women’s suffrage group, Chicago’s Alpha Suffrage Club.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
19 de abr. de 2024 · By the 1890s, newly created job opportunities made illustration a popular and lucrative career path for aspiring artists. Nevertheless, women faced considerable obstacles, including limited access to education, exhibition venues, artists’ clubs, and professional networks.
Há 6 dias · This illustration shows the fashion of the 1890s. Both women are in shirtwaists, inspired by the men's fashion trend at the time. They have puffed sleeves, an hourglass figure, and bell shaped skirts which allowed for more movement.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Jacob Riis (1849–1914) was an American reporter, social reformer, and photographer. His book How the Other Half Lives (1890) shocked readers with his descriptions of slum conditions in New York City, and it was an important predecessor to the muckraking journalism that gained popularity in the U.S. after 1900.
Há 5 dias · A new spirit of the times, known as "Progressivism", arose in the 1890s and into the 1920s (although some historians date the ending with World War I).
26 de abr. de 2024 · What united most was a commitment to shared resources, autonomous care, and collective power. This took the form of financial assistance through death benefits, insurance, health care, and vittles for the poor and hungry. 2.
