Green (history, Northeastern U.) examines the cultural meanings of the era's restrictive clothing and other artifacts of limited women's roles, shown in many illustrations from the Margaret Woodbury Museum in Rochester, New York. Originally published by Pantheon Books in 1983. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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From the greatest collection of American Victoriana comes a wonderful evocation of the lives of women 100 years ago. Harvey Green culls from letters and diaries, quotes from magazines, and looks at the clothes, samplers, books, appliances, toys, and dolls of the era to provide a rare portrait of daily life in turn-of-the-century America.
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