The Battle to Wear Pants: How Western Women Pushed Boundaries by Wearing Bloomers
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The trouser-like garments proved practical in the 1850s, but full acceptance was a long time coming.
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From Bloomers to Pantsuits: A Brief History of Women's Dress
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The Unimaginably Silly Resistance to Inseams in Women's Clothing
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Another Girl in Pants. While the West was being won, slavery…
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Oh, the shock, when woman slipped into slacks - Queanbeyan CityNews
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Another Girl in Pants. While the West was being won, slavery…
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Etiquipedia: 19th C. Etiquette of Women's Dress
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Men Are Shopping For Skirts. Is The World Ready?
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The Bloomer Movement – Susan Higginbotham
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Amelia Bloomer: The Suffragist Who Fought For Women's Dress Reform
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emerging designers Archives - University of Fashion Blog
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Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things