photo essay

from Susan A. Glenn, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism

(Photos 1-3: Theatre Arts Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin; Photo 4: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

(Photos 5-6: Theatre Arts Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

from Susan A. Glenn, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism

(Photos 7-10: Theatre Arts Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

(Photo 11: Harvard Theatre Collection, the Houghton Library)

from Susan A. Glenn, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism

(From The Theatre, April 1909)

(Photo 13: Dance Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; Photos 14-16: Library of Congress)

from Susan A. Glenn, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism

(Photos 18: Theatre Arts Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin;
Photo 19: Harvard Theatre Collection, the Houghton Library)

(Photos 20-24: Theatre Arts Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

from Susan A. Glenn, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism

(Photo 25: Culver Pictures; Photos 26-27: Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations)

from Susan A. Glenn, Female Spectacle: The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism