The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe (Kate Strasdin - FE) May 2021 the boredom

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Gettysburg is where President Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous speech

farmers and teachers--all were called into the conflict or its aftermath of the battle

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The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe (Kate Strasdin - FE) May 2021 the boredomby Kate Strasdin A revealing and unique portrait of Victorian life as told through the discovery of one woman's textile scrapbook. In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments some her own, others donated by family and friends she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of their lives. Her name was Mrs Anne Sykes. Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into