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Date Posted: 15:11:41 02/06/02 Wed
Author: Laura
Subject: It's dissertation time again...
I've got to decided in the next two weeks what I'm doing for my Women's Studies MA dissertation. I think I'm going to do something on the significance of fashion and dress amongst nineteenth century pioneer/ frontier women - that way I get to bring in some LIW too. Do any of you know of any books/ articles about frontier fashion? I know there's stuff about it in general texts on pioneer women (but usually only a couple of pages), but I'd like something more in depth. I'vegot no idea whether or not my topic will be accepted, as I haven't discussed it with my supervisor, but everyone else I've mentioned it to has been very positive.
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Re: It's dissertation time again... -- delilah firth, 16:04:06 02/06/02 Wed
I like the idea. I haven't any resources to tell you of, but DO wish you luck. Let us know how it goes.
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Re: It's dissertation time again...+Woman Homesteader -- Ann, 16:41:59 02/06/02 Wed
I don't know of any resources either, but maybe you'd find something on powells.com or amazon.com? Also, an internet search for books or musuems on the subject?
This is a bit off this subject, but wasn't someone here looking for a book about a real frontier person? I saw this on powells.com:
The Adventures of the Woman Homesteader: The Life and Letters of Elinore Pruitt Stewart by Susanne Stewart
I haven't read it and don't know anything about it, but is *sounds* interesting.
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Re: It's dissertation time again...+Woman Homesteader -- Laura, 08:52:26 02/09/02 Sat
The Pruitt Stewart book is good.
I think the reason I haven't found any in-depth studies of frontier fashion is because there aren't any. I've tried Amazon and Alibris, and they have stuff on nineteenth-century fashion (e.g. the corset), and on fashion and costume today, but nothing that specific. Good! Looks like I've found myself an original topic then.
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Re: It's dissertation time again...+Woman Homesteader -- Ann, 16:09:40 02/11/02 Mon
Good luck with your dissertation, Laura! Please let us know if you find anything you think we'd find of particular interest.
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