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Site Pages
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900
"… to wear with large skirts or bustles dominated women's outerwear in the earlier part of this period."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4
"Jessie Franklin Turner was one of the many women who, from the beginnings of the American fashion industry in the 1920s, found opportunities in…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4
"… the same styling, chosen by two very different women, from two different walks of life, demonstrate the democratic, equalizing nature of modern…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4
"Of course many women still wore older styles, one of which is a very wearable lightweight gray/green rayon crepe, with small yellow printed flowers…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4
"… in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers, faded away."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4
"As a result, women could walk unencumbered by the layers of heavy petticoats, with their legs free under the cage."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"Women, like the the young women pictured in "Daughters of Temperance", wore sashes or collars over their simple silk "everyday" dresses."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century
"Women still relied on dressmakers for the most fashionable garments and made simpler versions at home."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2
"… wider, shorter skirts and peplum jackets worn by women in uniform or engaged in war work exerted influence on civilian fashion."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3
"Women with even the most modest pocket books could afford dainty silk-like rayon underwear and nightdresses, as seen in Sears catalogues."
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"… encompasses clothing for people who identified as women, with a smaller representation of menswear and childrenswear."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"… tie dyed T-shirts, message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and caftans, exotic ethnic garments collected on trips to…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town
"76 including two women, Melita Staples and Josephine Beale. Women have served on the school board ever since."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends
"All of these women have provided caring and dedicated medical services to the community of Swan’s Island for close to one hundred years."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Why Study the History of Drinking?
"For women, the fight against alcohol abuse and other social ills in the later 19th and early 20th centuries led to a growing political, and…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"… which was annexed by Massachusetts in the 1650s, women made beer at home and the wealthy imported wine from the Portuguese and Spanish islands."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law
"Abolition of slavery, the fight for women's suffrage, and efforts to care for those less fortunate are all rooted in this era."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition
"Many men and women of the 1920s, appalled by the carnage of World War I, were anxious to experiment and enjoy themselves after the war ended."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction
"… the fight to abolish slavery and the struggle for women's suffrage, engaged the nation's full attention."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents
"Men and women with solid reputations were granted licenses to run taverns, but as populations grew this social control weakened."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal
"… Collection Led by New York's Pauline Sabin, the Womens Organization for National Prohibition Reform became an effective anti-prohibition group."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes
"… licensed house was one of the few trades open to women and the tough-minded Mrs. Greele achieved legendary status by extinguishing her burning…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"… as these were popular cure-alls, especially with women. Many of the mixtures were alcohol-based. X X X Wine Press Kendall &…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual
"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"