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Paul Poiret designed this coat for his wife, Denise, to wear. She paired it with a short dress. It is made of black monkey fur. Poiret helped to make Orientalist fashion so popular in the West in the 1910s.

Within Our Gates is a 1920 film starring Evelyn Preer. It was made in direct response to The Birth of a Nation. It is the story of a black woman who raises money for a local school in need. She faces adversity and finds love along the way. The…

An "Anti" (the term used for those against suffrage) film from 1912 portraying suffragists dressed as men and gambling. The implication was that if women got the right to vote they would become manly and, further, emasculate men. There was a fear…