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Civil War Women's Clothing

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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WOMEN'S CLOTHING

Civil War Era
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CLAIM STATEMENT

Based on age and social class, women during the civil war era had a specific dress code
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WEALTHY ATTIRE

  • Wealthy women wore at least 8 layers of clothes
  • Up to 30 pounds
  • A lot of jewelry
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GLOVES AND HATS

  • Women always wore gloves
  • Also, they had to have some sort of head covering
  • Poor women and slaves wore scarfs as hats
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MOURNING

  • All black clothing
  • The mourning period for a spouse was 2.5 yrs.
  • The mourning clothes were mainly wool in the north and cotton in the south
  • The mourning clothes needed to shine and stay nice

Aryanah Davison