American milliners and their world : women's work from revolution to rock and roll /

Stewart, Nadine,

American milliners and their world : women's work from revolution to rock and roll / Nadine Stewart. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Milaners to Milliners -- The Woman's Sphere -- War and Millinery -- The Gilded Age -- The Progressive Age -- The Men of The Milliner -- 1920s -- 1930s -- War and Style -- Rise of the Hairstyle -- French-Fried Curls.

"This book examines the social world of the American milliner from the 18th century to the 1960s, focusing on the female workers who made the hats, and their struggle to assume a position in society"--

9781350063778 9781350063761

2020035680


Millinery--History.--United States
Millinery workers--History.--United States
Women--Employment--History.

HD9948.U62

331.4/887420973