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Date Posted: 15:53:30 05/17/02 Fri
Author: Laura
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Thinking caps on ladies.... I need some info!

Okay, prepare to be asked many questions over the next few months, as I'm working on my dissertation on the significance of fashion/clothing amongst pioneer women and I'll need information, advice and opinions.

At what age did girls start putting their hair up and wearing long skirts? I know in LIW, she mentions wearing her hair up/ long skirts when she was 14, but was that representative, when did girls start? Was there a set age, or for example, at the onset of menstruation?

I have to do a presentation on Monday, for which I need to produce handouts. As I don't have access to a scanner at the moment, I need a photo from a webpage of a sunbonnet, that I can put on my handout. Does anyone know where I can find one?

Thanks!

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[> Re: Thinking caps on ladies.... I need some info! -- Ann, 17:55:12 05/17/02 Fri

This refers to washing frontier clothes, but there might be a few nuggets of information you could use:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/domwest/cloth.html

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[> [> Re: Thinking caps on ladies.... I need some info! -- Laura, 10:20:35 05/18/02 Sat

Thanks Ann, I have copies of some of the diaries that the excerpts on this website come from, but thanks for the site, I think it'll be useful!

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