thecivilwarparlor:Women of the Civil War- Mrs. C. P. Roberts Civil War Women’s Fashion: Virt
thecivilwarparlor: Women of the Civil War- Mrs. C. P. Roberts Civil War Women’s Fashion: Virtually every woman wore a corset of some type under their clothing, from working class women to domestic servants to genteel ladies of society. The ideal was a waist of 15 inches, but corsets did come in different sizes so we know that not everyone squeezed themselves to match this standard. Corsets were stiffened with whalebone, steel, or even oak splits for women in the South during the war. U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-1673 From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111) Photographer: Brady, Mathew, 1823 (ca.) - 1896Coverage Dates: ca. 1860 - ca. 1865 Subjects:American Civil War, 1861-1865Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.) -- source link