This book addresses the relationships between fashion, women and power. One of the constants within the book is to question the enduring relationship between wo

Some find the constant scrutiny an unwelcome intrusion; others use fashion as their secret weapon. Whatever their views, women in politics know they will be jud

A critique of the politics of dress for women in power. What is the relationship between fashion, women, and power? As never before, women in positions of polit

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an en