Only the Clothes on Her Back : Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States (Book Talk)

14apr5:30 pm6:45 pmOnly the Clothes on Her Back : Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States (Book Talk)Free

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Only the Clothes on Her Back : Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States

April 14th, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. ET

Free & Hybrid

What can dresses, bedlinens, waistcoats, pantaloons, shoes, and kerchiefs tell us about the legal status of the least powerful members of American society? In the hands of eminent historian Laura F. Edwards, these textiles tell a revealing story of ordinary people and how they made use of their material goods’ economic and legal value in the period between the Revolution and the Civil War.

Part of Power & Pomp : Fashion History Month at the Library Company

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(Thursday) 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm(GMT-04:00)