1831 America's Grim, Determined Women
.Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans. Written during her stay in America, 1827-18311831 America's Grim, Determined WomenEN ROUTE TO NIAGARA BY CANAL BOAT THROUGH NEW YORK. Spring 1831....
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.James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the Americans 1824 American Women - Their Clothing, Make-up, and Natural BeautyIt has always appeared to me, that manner in a woman bears a strict analogy to dress. A...
View Article1824 Gentlemen - Always Avoid Using the Language of Idle Gallantry
.James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the Americans 1824 Beware of Using the Language of Idle GallantryThe language of gallantry is never tolerated. A married woman would conceive it an insult, and a girl...
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.James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the Americans 1824 About the Custom of Chaperones for WomenBecause American women are very reserved in conversation, "you will readily perceive that the free...
View Article1824 Conversations of American Women Are More Reserved
.James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the Americans 1824 Reserved Conversations of American WomenThere is another peculiarity in American manners that should be mentioned. You probably know that in...
View Article1824 On American Women Traveling Alone
.James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the Americans 1824 On Women Traveling in AmericaThere is something repugnant to the delicacy of American ideas in permitting a lady to come, in any manner in contact...
View Article1824 On Doweries in America
.James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the Americans 1824 America's Lack of Doweries...an American lady would be very apt to distrust the affection that saw her charms through the medium of an estate....
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