Innovative ways to bury the dead will be needed in the near future, especially in overcrowded urban areas, according to a new ...

Sarah Burns, a professor emerita at Indiana University ... Building materials favored in the Victorian era, such as dark wood, also help conjure a macabre atmosphere. “The rooms felt really ...

If you were a female in the Victorian era, jewelry and fancy gifts were unacceptable ... era.org and etiquette expert of the 1870s – 1890s, Professor Thomas E. Hill, there were only four items ...

Mary received wide acclaim for her teaching, but Victorian society forced her to lead two very separate lives. "Miss Rippon," as she was always known, was both a professional woman and a mother in an ...

At the time, Victorian-era society expected women with children to be supported ... Meanwhile, Rippon was a role model for her female students, a full professor, and even chair of the Department of ...

But this new Hulu series, set on the tough east side of London in the Victorian era, focuses intently not ... MOSLEY: David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University.

Jet, a flat-black, opaque gemstone derived from wood that has experienced extreme compression over millions of years, was the haute stone throughout the Victorian era, a time when fashion and ...