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Marie Doro played the male role of Oliver Twist in 1916. It wasn't uncommon for females to play males. However, it was becoming less accepted, as we can see from the snarky town of this article. While Doro wore trousers in the film, it was frowned…

Students pictured in The Crisis magazine in 1914. The Crisis was the NAACP magazine, edited by W.E.B. DuBois. The 1910s was a period when women began entering schools and the workforce in unprecedented numbers. We see here that in addition to the…