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Only the Clothes on Her Back

Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States

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  • 456 pages
  • 16 hours of reading

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Exploring the intersection of textiles and social justice, this book highlights how women, men of color, and impoverished individuals utilized clothing as a means of property. It examines how these textiles provided access to the legal system and empowered marginalized groups to assert their political rights, revealing the significant role of material culture in social movements.

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Only the Clothes on Her Back, Laura F. Edwards

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2024
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