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Kim Dramer

Review: The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel

April 9, 2016 by Kim Dramer Leave a Comment

the remarkable rise of Eliza JumelShe’s the woman who dueled with Aaron Burr and won. Move over Alexander Hamilton. The life of Eliza Jumel is a tale about a woman who pulled hard on her Yankee bootstraps to make good on the American dream.

Margaret Oppenheimer’s splendid book, The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: Marriage and Money in the Early Republic (Chicago Review Press, 2015), takes readers along on a tale of intrigue, scandal and innuendo. Far from a steamy beach read featuring men in white wigs, this meticulously-researched tale paints a detailed and scholarly portrait of New York City and the way in which the city’s growth provided fertile ground for the ambitions of its heroine. [Read more…] about Review: The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Aaron Burr, Gender History, Harlem River, Manhattan, Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City

Remembering The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

March 28, 2016 by Kim Dramer Leave a Comment

The figure of death on the Asch BuildingIn his short novel, Washington Square, Henry James wrote about New York women of the Gilded Age; elegant ladies who strolled the sidewalks of the city’s shopping district, Ladies’ Mile.

These New York women admired window displays of shirtwaists, an elegant button-down blouse with rows of tiny and elaborate tucks. The shirtwaist was favored by New York women as a symbol of chic modernity. But the silhouette of fashionable ladies came at a price paid by their downtrodden sisters, immigrant women living in the city’s tenements. These newest New York women worked long hours for low wages in the city’s notorious sweatshops. [Read more…] about Remembering The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Gender History, Labor History, New York City, NYC

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