GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF WOMEN'S DRESS.
The peculiar confederation of women, known by tho name of the " The Free Dress League " has been in session at Philadelphia, and it has been resolved to petition Congress to appoint a Government dress commission "empowered to compel women to dress comfortably." One of the resolutions was that the Congress of the "United States be requested to define the length of woman's dress, and the material that shall be used by her to cover her limbs, and that it shall pass an Act malting it a penal offence for any Government official to deprive a woman of any position because she refuses to dress according to erich officers dictation.
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Evening Star, Issue 3996, 15 December 1875, Page 2
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114GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF WOMEN'S DRESS. Evening Star, Issue 3996, 15 December 1875, Page 2
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