Page 64 - Confronting Race Women and Indians on the Frontier, 1815 - 1915

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Figure 8 . W hite women migrants and settlers who f a vored elaborate clothing,
jewelry, and bonnets, and who liberally doused their bodies with toilet water,
nonetheless criticized Indians f o r their choices in clothing and jewelry and f o r
their "peculiar odor." Fashion plate, 1840, Codey's Lady's Book. Courtesy of the
author.

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