Radio Gender and communication In the early years of radio broadcasting, new job posts were created at radio stations for both men and women. Technical and managerial positions were held by men, while women fulfilled administrative tasks, working as telephone...
Toy Horse Childhood and gender Beginning in the 19th century, childhood education was conceived of as learning the roles of adults, and the toys of the time were clearly created with this aim in mind. Boys and girls had different toys depending on their expected...
Virgin and Child Family and family relations This Virgin and Child, signed by a turn-of-the-century Austrian painter, exemplifies the profound shift that had taken place in the religious discourse on gender. The period was shaped by the feminization of religion, which...
Folding Chair Family and family relations This early 20th century folding chair used for attending mass bears witness to the extension of the domestic role of women to the public sphere in the early 1900s, when women had begun to participate in social activism while...
Laundry sink Sexual division of labour The work of cleaning and maintaining the family clothing has traditionally fallen to women. Laundry could be done at home in sinks like this one, or in buckets, bowls or other containers; or also outdoors, in rivers, pools,...
