[Editor’s Drawer] History’s slow advance Adjust Share By Harper’s Staff, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century African American women Alabama Civil War, 1861-1865 History Humor Mothers and daughters Napkins Repairing United States Women domestics World War I, 1914-1918 More from Harper’s Staff Harper’s index Letters No one looks the same Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > January 1922 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close