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In Writing Excuses, Mary Robinette Kowal said though historians say Regency Women didn’t drink Red Wine because they thought it was to strong, she finds it more likely they didn’t drink it because they didn’t want to spill it on their white dresses. How credible is this claim?

by /u/Casiphoner in /r/AskHistorians

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