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  1. Modesty versus Fashion: Nineteenth Century American Women’s Dress
    date 1836map SUFFOLK, Massachusettstags Women, fashion, clothing, dress, virtue, good wife

    In an 1836 lifestyle manual for women, entitled The Young Lady’s Friend, John Farrar outlined the expectations for an American Christian women’s behavior in a particular chapter entitled Dress a Test of Character. In this chapter he discussed the appropriateness and significance of a nineteenth century women’s dress in relation to how she was viewed by society. According to Farrar, “Christian...