WikiVictorian on X: Dress reformers argued that women's bodies were deformed by fashion; and most people today perceive the corset as having been an instrument of women's oppression. / X

The History of Corsets and Female Empowerment – The Roaring Times

The history behind corsets: how a piece of clothing sparked controversy, criticism and empowerment – The Wildcat Tribune

Dress Reform – First Wave Feminisms

The Changing Silhouette of Victorian Women's Fashions – The History of the Corset - Hagen History Center

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The history behind corsets: how a piece of clothing sparked controversy, criticism and empowerment – The Wildcat Tribune

The Changing Silhouette of Victorian Women's Fashions – The History of the Corset - Hagen History Center

Trouser Trouble. The Effect of Nineteenth-Century Dress…, by Samantha Hood, GBC College English — Lemonade

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Corsets - “Women must be submissive. Indeed what could most woremen do? Who had they to maintain them, but their husbands?”