... main site) I tried to go to the site but got a site suspension notice. ... Hiya kids. I've got a call into the hosting company. Can't figure out if we...
I did a REALLY REALLY stupid thing folks. I hit some wrong keys and wiped out all of my e-mail information except the address book. (Why in heck the mail...
I recently heard that a reenactor attended a ball in the role of a lady of the night wearing a black corset and undergarments. I guess they could be described...
While I am not sure of all the social "normals" of the "soiled doves", I do know that some dressed in uniform in order to more easily enter camp for their...
Thought you all might find this interesting even though it's not CW related. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3240-2003May1.html Obituary of Sue...
Dear Marc: Sue Sally Hale was a real pioneer in US and International polo. I have been a polo fan since childhood, getting hooked watching Oak Brook Polo on...
... My guess is she would not have gone out in public dressed that way, but rather in the latest of styles. What does Cora Benton have to say on the subject? ...
Thanks for your response, Wendy. Makes sense to me. I've learned a bit more about what happened from the "soiled dove" herself. The dance was not a traditional...
Kathie, War-era prostitutes tended to be women down on their luck, desperate to make a living. Those that actually entered camps to visit the military would...
Karen Rae Mehaffey
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May 2, 2003 3:18 pm
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Kathie, Also, I can't remember the resource right now, but I remember seeing/reading an article about the "fallen ladies" could/were not always well looking...
RuthAnn Williams
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May 2, 2003 4:16 pm
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Karen, You are right about these ladies, but the definitive book is "The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell" by Thomas Lowery, MD. A gentleman friend gave it to...
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May 2, 2003 4:28 pm
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Quite right, susan. Dr. Lowry's book is excellent. There is a book on Victorian prostitutes from Europe, but I can't put my finger on the title right now. It...
Karen Rae Mehaffey
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May 2, 2003 5:17 pm
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Has anyone either read descriptions or seen images of women in Northern US doing heavy farm work during the late 1850s, early 60s? Did they borrow their men's...
... Hi Pepita, I don't have either regarding farm work in the North, but Dr. Mary Walker wore bloomers, and Union vivandieres wore trousers under their skirts....
... Again, this is for Vivandieres, but it does give a date for wearing bloomers. "American Vivandières modeled their costumes on that of their French ...
No, I have never seen images of Northern women in the fields in the 1850/60s. Let us remember that the times and tasks for women were much different. She...
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May 7, 2003 1:21 pm
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Susan, what about farm daughters? I've come across references to farm girls out in the fields with their fathers, particularly if there were no sons or if...
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May 7, 2003 1:47 pm
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To the best of my knowledge there is only one photograph of a northern woman wearing a reform dress (trousers under a short skirt) that is not taken in a...
Thanks for your hypothesis/opinion, Wendy. Now I'm really torn because you're suggesting that it was likely that 1850s rural women did wear bloomers or...
... There is one image in Joan Severa's book, Dressed for the Photographer showing a poor farm couple in a muddy farm yard and she is wearing trousers under a ...
I usually don't post internet scam warnings, but we recently had an experience with an eBay clone scam. I know some of you purchase or sell on eBay so I...
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May 8, 2003 12:29 pm
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Dear Virginia: Thanks for the headsup on this! I received the SAME message and was puzzled and sent a reply back for more info. I am glad I didn't send any...
... puzzled and sent a reply back for more info. I am glad I didn't send any CC info!! ... Anita, I'm glad I could help. I have gotten very suspicious of...
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I am not familiar with the newspaper Sibyl for reform dressers. There was a paper called the Lily that was published by Amelia Bloomer that had articles about...
For those of you who are wondering when it is coming: Anita L. Henderson Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society-cook 4th US Cavalry-bugler _________ HOT NEW DVD ...
... They are one and the same. I was fortunate to purchase the first two years of the newspaper in bound form a week and a half ago! The focus of almost every ...
Having assessed everyone's much appreciated input on the topic and done some further inquiries at my end and finding no definitive documentation for 1850s...
... (these ... that ... Either one sounds plausable to me - but I'm not sure about the red flannel. (That is an area for more authentically minded civilian...
I really really don't have time or energy to keep up with all of these extra e-mails. everything is very interesting, and i've learned alot, but I still don't...
I don't know if others have noted this web site on our chat line. It is is called Documenting the South http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html [Non-text portions...
