Rational Dress Society

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politics Oscar Wilde
Wilde (before the formation of the Rational Dress Society ) argued against tight-lacing dresses both in terms of health and in terms of aesthetics, and lobbied instead for loose dresses falling from the shoulder, which...
politics Sarah Grand
SG campaigned for the Rational Dress Movement, which gained momentum in the 1880s when Lady Harberton established the Rational Dress Society (1881).
Kersley, Gillian. Darling Madame: Sarah Grand and Devoted Friend. Virago Press.
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The movement sought to release women from the constraints of huge hoop...
politics Charlotte Stopes
CS was involved in the campaign for women's suffrage and the Rational Dress Society , which she ran in conjunction with Constance Wilde .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Textual Features Sarah Grand
The tone of this novel is one of serious lecturing
Kersley, Gillian. Darling Madame: Sarah Grand and Devoted Friend. Virago Press.
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in turn with SG 's membership of the Rational Dress Society . Heilmann suggests it could be categorised as conduct literature.
Heilmann, Ann. New Woman Strategies: Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner, Mona Caird. Manchester University Press.
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SG provides...
Textual Features Charlotte Eliza Humphry
CEH 's writing, characterized by a friendly and humorous tone, sets out to make social norms and expectations palatable to a mass readership. Manners for Women opens with a chapter on The Girl in Society...

Timeline

1881: Lady Harberton founded the Rational Dress...

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1881

Lady Harberton founded the Rational Dress Society which proposed dress reform for women, denounced tight-lacing and high heels, and advocated divided skirts.

1899: A lawsuit was brought against Martha Sprague,...

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1899

A lawsuit was brought against Martha Sprague , landlady of the Hautboy Inn at Ockham in Surrey, after she refused to serve Viscountess Harberton , founder of the Rational Dress Society , with lunch...

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