The Red School House, by Winslow Homer
The Red School House, by Winslow Homer, American painting, oil on canvas. A young woman school teacher walks from the one room school in the 1870s. During the American Civil War, women were hired as teachers because men were needed in the army. They became established in the profession and continued after the war (BSLOC_2016_6_51)
Picture No
11111227
Media ID
45276619
Size
2100px x 3000px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
Date
1873
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