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What is the woman second from the bottom left wearing in the 1859 Harper's Weekly depiction of the Seneca Falls Convention? Is the outfit meant to be theatrical or something worn in everyday life at the time? Was it supposed to be scandalous for the era? (link to image in post)

by /u/JJVMT in /r/AskHistorians

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