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20 Side by Side Images That Reveal What 19th Century Women Actually Looked Like
As we scroll through our social media feeds, we come across hundreds of photos edited with photo editors. However, people ...
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Fashion history: This 19th-century undergarment made a woman’s hips look bigger, and her, wealthier
The undergarment transcended class ... people of the late 19th century must have liked seeing, and being, women adorned with large, enhanced backsides. To suggest that fashion is a cycle ...
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The struggle of the 'mill girls': class consciousness in early 19th century New England - Ian Schlom
In publishing this, I hope that folks will enjoy the history of the young women workers in early 19th century New England ... not worth mentioning how a lower wage is to the advantage of the ...
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Although Less Deadly Than Crinolines, Bustles Were Still a Pain in the Behind
The bustle replaced the crinoline as women's underpinnings of choice in the 19th century. Grands Magasins du Louvre, 1877/Wikimedia Commons Victorian fashionistas were in search of an ideal ...