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![[Five peasant women standing outside of log house, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvZml2ZS1wZWFzYW50LXdvbWVuLXN0YW5kaW5nLW91dHNpZGUtb2YtbG9nLWhvdXNlLXJ1c3NpYS05NGRkMmMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/255/jpg "[Five peasant women standing outside of log house, Russia]")
![[Four unidentified women standing near side of White House, Washington, D.C.,] 6/12/21](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZm91ci11bmlkZW50aWZpZWQtd29tZW4tc3RhbmRpbmctbmVhci1zaWRlLW9mLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjEyMjEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Four unidentified women standing near side of White House, Washington, D.C.,] 6/12/21")
![[Two peasant women standing along wooden fence, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvdHdvLXBlYXNhbnQtd29tZW4tc3RhbmRpbmctYWxvbmctd29vZGVuLWZlbmNlLXJ1c3NpYS1hNTM0YTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Two peasant women standing along wooden fence, Russia]")
![[Woman standing on porch of house; snowman in the front yard]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctb24tcG9yY2gtb2YtaG91c2Utc25vd21hbi1pbi10aGUtZnJvbnQteWFyZC02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "[Woman standing on porch of house; snowman in the front yard]")
![[Two women standing in yard and other women and children standing in doorway of log structure, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvdHdvLXdvbWVuLXN0YW5kaW5nLWluLXlhcmQtYW5kLW90aGVyLXdvbWVuLWFuZC1jaGlsZHJlbi1zdGFuZGluZy1pbi1kb29yd2F5LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Two women standing in yard and other women and children standing in doorway of log structure, Russia]")
![[Two women standing in yard and other women and children standing in doorway of log structure, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTQvdHdvLXdvbWVuLXN0YW5kaW5nLWluLXlhcmQtYW5kLW90aGVyLXdvbWVuLWFuZC1jaGlsZHJlbi1zdGFuZGluZy1pbi1kb29yd2F5LWYzOTg2YS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Two women standing in yard and other women and children standing in doorway of log structure, Russia]")
![[Farmyard scene in Russia]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvZmFybXlhcmQtc2NlbmUtaW4tcnVzc2lhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Farmyard scene in Russia]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[Peasant boy, girl, and man outside of log house, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvcGVhc2FudC1ib3ktZ2lybC1hbmQtbWFuLW91dHNpZGUtb2YtbG9nLWhvdXNlLXJ1c3NpYS05OTE5Y2QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Peasant boy, girl, and man outside of log house, Russia]")
