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eyesaremosaics · 1 year
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Stage actress Maude Adams, the LGBTQ icon who (allegedly) was the inspiration for Peter Pan. Though she was never publicly “out”, she never married, and had many close female friendships throughout her life. Including Ethel Barrymore (Yes from the illustrious Barrymore family—the most recent being Drew).
Maude was very popular with female audiences, and due to her disinterest in men, her chastity helped her to maintain a pristine reputation throughout her life. She was often rumored to be engaged to men as an effective “smokescreen” to shield her from rumors of lesbianism. None of these relationships were anything more than just that—rumors.
After playing Peter Pan on stage, Maude reached monumental levels of stardom for the time, which made having a private life very challenging. She lived with her “secretary” until she died, and both were buried on the same plot.
Maude was a serious actress, who claimed she would never marry due to her dedication to her craft. This was a common excuse for closeted gays in the Victorian era. Her fearlessness, and paradoxically childlike innocence are inspiring to me. She lived a colorful life, and is definitely worth looking into.
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pastlivesfinery · 1 month
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Revue de la Mode, 1872
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thinkingimages · 1 year
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eyesfullofmoon · 2 months
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Untitled. Photographed by Louis Jean-Baptiste Igout, c. 1870, France.
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A Victorian woman in the streets of London, by Walter Linsley Meegan
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I have a fascination with how Victorian Women traveled.
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The Bayswater omnibus with travelers in 1895 by George William Joy.
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themeltingmoons · 1 year
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Victorian Bust study
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gothicabazaar · 10 months
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"When women let their hair down, it means either sexiness or craziness or death, the three by Victorian times having become virtually synonymous." - Margaret Atwood
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glitterofthepast · 2 years
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Portrait of an American Lady by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1860's.
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i-eat-metal-straws · 1 year
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In my Victorian woman era where I was feeling Mentally ill and so banished myself to a quiet European village for a week during spring break <3
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thefloofinator · 1 year
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Day 2 of huevember
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17isrighthere · 7 days
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JEONGHAN for Dazed Korea May '24
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pastlivesfinery · 15 days
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Journal des Demoiselles, 1883
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belalugosigrave · 1 year
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eyesfullofmoon · 6 months
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"Vengeance"
Photographed by Constant Puyo, 1896.
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blackjewels5 · 1 year
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Historical African American Photos Black Women in Victorian Era 1800's Real People Real Lives
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