biography
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Woolson, Abba Louise
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née Goold
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1838–1921)
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| biography:
| Fashion reformer, born in Windham, Maine, USA. She was a teacher and writer of essays on women and literature. An early and effective critic of women's fashions, in her Dress-Reform (1874) she decried the discomfort and unhealthiness of women's clothing and offered examples of less constricting designs. |
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