The gentler sex – charity for the drunken brother, contempt for the unfortunate sister
Subject(s): Alcoholism, Charity, Pointing (Gesture), Temperance, Unmarried mothers, Women--Social life and customs
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Print shows three fashionably dressed women helping a drunken man on the sidewalk, one holds a paper that states “Total Abstinence Pledge – Sign and Be Saved”; a pathway leads toward the “Drunkard’s Nursery and Palatial Asylum”. Behind them, up the sidewalk, a woman carrying an infant is turned away from the “Woman’s Home” where a window is labeled “Charity”. A young bootblack gestures toward her.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1881-09-21
Creator(s)
Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886
Period
Youth (October 27, 1858-1881)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
The gentler sex – charity for the drunken brother, contempt for the unfortunate sister. [September 21, 1881]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287737. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886. The gentler sex – charity for the drunken brother, contempt for the unfortunate sister. [21 Sep. 1881]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287737.
APA:
Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886., [1881, September 21]. The gentler sex – charity for the drunken brother, contempt for the unfortunate sister.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287737.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
