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In episode Kylah Smith, junior history major, visits with Hollie about Victorian Era America’s mourning customs. She unpacks how mourning practices differed based on gender, social status, and relationship to the deceased.
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Selected Bibliography:
“The Fashion of Mourning.” Godey’s Lady’s Book (March 1875).
“The Social Duty of a Woman: A Visit of Sympathy.” Cassell’s Family Magazine (1894).
McDaniel, Katherine. “Angels in Black: Victorian Women in Mourning.” City of Greeley Museums. Accessed November 5, 2023. https://greeleymuseums.com/victorian-women-in-mourning/.
Strange, Julie-Marie. “‘She Cried a Very Little’: Death, Grief and Mourning in Working-Class Culture, c. 1880-1914.” Social History 27, no. 2 (May 2002): 143–61.
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