Pantaloons and Power : A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United States.
Fischer, Gayle V.
Pantaloons and Power : A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (276 pages)
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who Wears the Pants? -- 1. Perfecting America: Antebellum Reform, Fashion, and Antifashion -- 2. The First Dress Reformers: New Harmony, Indiana, 1824-1827 -- 3. Pantaloons in Private: Health and Religious Dress Reform before Freedom Dresses -- 4. Pantaloons in Public: Woman's Rights and Freedom Dresses -- 5. Out of the Closet: Health and Religious Dress Reform after Freedom Dresses -- 6. "I'm Coming Out as a Bloomer": Eccentric and Independent Dress Reformers -- 7. What Happened to Dress Reform? -- Epilogue: Women Wear the Pants -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781612772677
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women''s rights -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
GT610 -- .F57 2001eb
391/.2/097309034
Pantaloons and Power : A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United States. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (276 pages)
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who Wears the Pants? -- 1. Perfecting America: Antebellum Reform, Fashion, and Antifashion -- 2. The First Dress Reformers: New Harmony, Indiana, 1824-1827 -- 3. Pantaloons in Private: Health and Religious Dress Reform before Freedom Dresses -- 4. Pantaloons in Public: Woman's Rights and Freedom Dresses -- 5. Out of the Closet: Health and Religious Dress Reform after Freedom Dresses -- 6. "I'm Coming Out as a Bloomer": Eccentric and Independent Dress Reformers -- 7. What Happened to Dress Reform? -- Epilogue: Women Wear the Pants -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781612772677
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women''s rights -- United States -- History.
Electronic books.
GT610 -- .F57 2001eb
391/.2/097309034