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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05344.05.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Items Relating to Frank H. Alfriend |
| Title | O.F. Manson to Mary discussing summer activities and criticizing women's obsession with fashion |
| Date | 7 August 1886 |
| Author | Manson, O. F. (fl. 1886) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | [Manson is one of the professors who recommended hiring Alfriend at William and Mary, see #05.05.] Pleasant letter describing summer activities and criticizing women's obsession with fashion as a financial strain to their fathers and husbands. He adds: "I hope the time will come when talents, character, refinement education and excellence of disposition will be more prized than dry goods. The masses of the people are becoming educated and cannot worship finery much longer." |
| Subjects | Education Women's History Clothing and Accessories Finance Marriage |
| People | Alfriend, Frank Heath (1841-1887) Manson, O.F. (fl. 1886) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Education; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |