Women after 1850

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About women's clothes The subject of fashion may seem frivolous to some until we realize that women's dress has always reflected the dynamic changes in society; the exclusive handmade dresses-in a period where animal and human muscles were the only source of power -- gradually gave way to the popularity of "tailor made" clothes as textile factories dotted the landscape of early 19th century northern England. Victorian sartorial elegance in its various modes depicted England's …

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…helpful. Such women did not advertise in the newspaper, their occupations were omitted from official documents, and their working lives remain hidden from view. If others were engaged in illegal activities, the lack of police or court records for the area makes it impossible to locate them. It is possible, though, to reconstruct some details of the lives of a few women, using newspaper advertisements, obituaries published in the local press and civil registration data.