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Two Girls
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Portrait of two girls. Both are unclothed except for a strip of fabric around their waist tied with a bundle of leaves. In her journal, Carrie describes Ceylon as "a perpetual Garden of Eden. Even the people seem to be lost in a time gone by, indicated by their continued use of leaves in place of clothing".
1910
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Three Women Gathering Food in Ceylon
1910
Three women standing in a row. Two of the women are carrying food in baskets and pottery on their head. They are unclothed above the waist and wearing cloth tied around their waists as skirts, whic...
Two Girls
1910
Portrait of two girls wearing traditional clothing. In her journals, Carrie often wrote descriptions of how the local people dressed.
People and Dog Sitting Outside
1910
Three children, an adult, and a dog sitting outside of a thatched home. The children appear to be preparing food. All of the children are unclothed. In her journal from Sudan, Carrie writes that "t...
Workers in a Tea Field
1910
Carrie Chapman Catt, in her journal from her trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), describes the tea plantations: "the little brown women, picking tea, was an introduction to up to date economic problems...
Young Woman in Traditional Sari
1910
A young woman wearing a traditional Sari. Carrie describes a number of Sari styles in her journal from India.
Portrait of Qiu Jin
1910
Three-quarter length portrait of Chinese revolutionary and feminist Qiu Jin in "European dress." She is standing near a table and holds an object in her right hand. Carrie Chapman Catt in her journ...
