I was investigating The Commons the other day when I was inspired by some of the photographs I saw of women reading, and thought I’d make a post of these. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Miss Leduc, Montreal, QC, 1881

1881

Woman reading

circa 1890

Two women reading on a verandah at Ingham, ca. 1894-1903

circa 1903

Betty Kurth reading newspaper next to window
1908

Woman reading in garden

1912

Mother reading to girls - Scone area, NSW, by - James Brindley Leard L to R: Marjorie Leard, Mary Rose Leard, Evelyn Leard "Meadulegular" Kars Springs, c. 1913

circa 1913

Mother reading to her son some kind messages from various friends

circa 1918

Sitting beside the fireplace reading a book, Nanango, ca. 1923

circa 1923

Woman reading a book

circa 1935

Work with schools, Aguilar Branch : young people's librarian...
1938

Star pupil, 82 years old, reading her lesson in adult class,...
1939

Miss Ethel Roche and Mrs Alan Campbell study the form guide at the races in Brisbane, 1940

1940

Woman reads as baby sleeps
1949

Redman's Hairdressers, Oswestry, an advertizing feature

1957

Student in the Shaw Library, 1964

1964

Bollards

1969

A passenger on the Lone Star passes the time reading in her compartment as the train crosses Oklahoma enroute from Chicago to Houston, Texas, June 1974

1974

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