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Tag: death masks

Nov 13
Xenith

Frances & Martha

Two lovely ladies, or the death masks of, from Old Melbourne Gaol

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A collection of bits reflecting the varied lives real women led in the Victorian era. Also, Regency & Georgian eras because those women did interesting things too.

The focus is on ordinary working women whose stories HAVEN’T been remembered, and retold, and rewritten, but I don’t ignore someone just because she happens to be well known.

For more on the scope, see the About page

 

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