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Rachel B. Tiven

Rachel B. Tiven

Rachel B. Tiven is a professional activist and amateur historian. Follow her alter ego @DailySuffragist on all social media.

View from Balcony of Woman's Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893

The World’s Fair That Ignored More Than Half the World

The spectacle of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was unrivaled in its time. But it hardly represented the "world" of women and African-Americans.