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THE IMAGE ATLAS

Oldest to newest. Follow the years; watch the world change.

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME973 — 2025
An early medieval king kneels for anointing in a stone church while a queen and attendants watch.Before 1500Before 1500Edgar’s coronation at Bath on 11 May 973Published Samuel Pepys examines a small tea bowl in a seventeenth-century Navy Office, with gabled London rooftops beyond the window.1500–17991500–1799Samuel Pepys records his first cup of teaPublished A seventeenth-century woman scholar stands before university examiners beside an open book and laurel wreath.1500–1799Elena Cornaro Piscopia’s Philosophy Doctorate at PaduaPublished Elizabeth Blackwell receives a diploma on a church platform before seated medical graduates.The 19th centuryThe 19th centuryElizabeth Blackwell graduates from Geneva Medical CollegePublished Umeko Tsuda leads a small group of Japanese women studying books in a modest Meiji-era classroom.1900–19451900–1945Umeko Tsuda opens Joshi Eigaku Juku in TokyoPublished An older woman stands beside a large padded wooden barrel while two boatmen inspect it near Niagara Falls.1900–1945Annie Edson Taylor survives Niagara Falls in a barrelPublished Rabindranath Tagore sits with books and manuscripts at a veranda desk overlooking a garden.1900–1945Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel announcement and English GitanjaliPublished Gabriela Mistral accepts a small presentation case from King Gustaf V on a formal concert hall stage.1900–1945Gabriela Mistral receives the 1945 Nobel Prize in LiteraturePublished Barbara Harris kneels as male bishops lay hands on her during a ceremony in a large Boston hall.1946–19991946–1999Barbara Harris becomes the first woman Anglican bishop, 11 February 1989Published A Kenyan woman holds a rooted seedling while women tend saplings in a community nursery.Since 2000Since 2000Wangari Maathai’s Nobel Peace Prize announcementPublished Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah raises her hand during an indoor oath-taking ceremony before gathered officials.Since 2000Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s Presidential InaugurationPublished
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