Pantaloons and Power : A Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform in the United States.
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- 9781612772677
- 391/.2/097309034
- GT610 -- .F57 2001eb
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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