In this fourth week of Women's History Month, we are looking at books focusing on material culture that will help you better understand her life.
Title: The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900
Author: Barbara Burman & Ariane Fennetaux
Publisher: Yale University Press
Synopsis:
"This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives—from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen—and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus." (publisher's website)
Why You Need This Book: I love microhistories. I think they have a lot to teach us about what we can learn about our ancestors and how we tell their stories.
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