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they wanted to cover their hair to show that they were married and to keep men from looking at their hair.
they covered their bodies with boring, modest clothes to not attract men and they didnt want their hair styles to be different from each other so they covered it with bonnets.
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What did women in London wear from 1800-1870?
corsets, petticoats, bonnets, etc
Did Victorian women wear fascinators?
No, Victorian women did not wear fascinators. They wore bonnets or elaborate hats, depending on the particular period (early or late Victorian age).Please see the picture linked below for an illustration of the evolution of Victorian fashion: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/1794-1887-Fashion-overview-Alfred-Roller.GIF
Did women wear bonnets in medieval times?
no, bonnets were not around in the medieval era.Depending on the year and the social status of the woman, she might wear a hairnet of gold threads (a crespine), or a wimple of linen, or a white linen veil, or a linen barbette, or a variety of caps; in Burgundy and France in the 15th century, some wealthy women wore the "hennin" - the tall, pointed cap with a transparent veil dangling from the end.
Who was ann hutchenson?
a puritan women who had discussions about the sermons and got kicked out of the puritan settlement
What was a puritan prison like?
In a Puritan prison one was not allowed to wear clothes, and not given food. Prisoners were forced to live upon the donations of the jailers.
