A Seperate Sphere: Dressmakers in Cincinnati's Golden Age, 1877-1922

by Cynthia Amnéus

This book examines the nineteenth-century ideology of women’s separate sphere, the early feminist movement, women in the workplace, and dressmakers as artisans and professionals. Included are essays by Anne Bissionnette, Marla Miler, and Shirley Teresa Wajda.

216 pages, 75 color plates, 36 photographs and illustrations, 9 x 11 in. soft cover, appendix, notes, bibliography, index