Little Women
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Little Women
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Did ya see @LittleWomen yet? Note that it is not the first adaptation directed by a woman - Gillian Armstrong directed the 1994 version. A few items of interest to @DailySuffragist readers re: voting, clothing, and African-Americans in Concord. Short thread.
In 1880, Louisa May Alcott was the first Concord, Mass. woman to register to vote for school committee - limited suffrage won in the state legislature the year before. Great details of the Alcott women’s suffrage involvement 👇via @MassHumanities.
If you thought “they don’t look TOO uncomfortable”-costume designer JacquelineDuran explains: “Girls [then] would have...bloomers/a chemise, a corset, a hoop, a petticoat, a skirt, and a bodice. We took certain liberties: Beth & Jo don’t wear all that.”
Someone asked me if the brief glimpses of African-Americans in the film were historically accurate. The @robbinshouse tells the story of Black Concord. The house, which can be visited in summer, was built by Revolutionary War veteran Caesar Robbins, a survivor of slavery.
Caesar & Cate Robbins’ daughter Susan was a founder of the Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society. She was the only Black woman in the group, which included Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wife Lidian and Henry David Thoreau’s mother and sisters. They met at the Robbins House at least once.
In 1880, Louisa May Alcott was the first Concord, Mass. woman to register to vote for school committee - limited suffrage won in the state legislature the year before. Great details of the Alcott women’s suffrage involvement 👇via @MassHumanities.
If you thought “they don’t look TOO uncomfortable”-costume designer JacquelineDuran explains: “Girls [then] would have...bloomers/a chemise, a corset, a hoop, a petticoat, a skirt, and a bodice. We took certain liberties: Beth & Jo don’t wear all that.”
We spoke to @LittleWomen costume designer Jacqueline Durran, an Oscar and BAFTA Award winner who has previously designed costumes for Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, about the process of dressing the stars of one of this year's biggest movies. https://t.co/ZbZXYNA58v
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) December 31, 2019
Someone asked me if the brief glimpses of African-Americans in the film were historically accurate. The @robbinshouse tells the story of Black Concord. The house, which can be visited in summer, was built by Revolutionary War veteran Caesar Robbins, a survivor of slavery.
Caesar & Cate Robbins’ daughter Susan was a founder of the Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society. She was the only Black woman in the group, which included Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wife Lidian and Henry David Thoreau’s mother and sisters. They met at the Robbins House at least once.
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Daily Suffragist
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03/01/2020
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Daily Suffragist, “Little Women,” Daily Suffragist, accessed September 17, 2024, https://dailysuffragist.omeka.net/items/show/206.