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I love it when what I am learning in class overlaps with things in my life:
"The one family occasion that became more public in the nineteenth century was the wedding, although it was limited to invited guests. When Queen Victoria broke with convention and walked down the aisle to musical accompaniment, wearing pure white instead of the traditional silver and white gown and colored cape, she created an overnight "tradition." Thousands of middle-class women imitated her example, turning their weddings into the most glamorous events of their lives, an elaborate celebration of their entry into respectable domesticity. " - from the book: Marriage, a History by Stephanie Coontz
sara :)
"The one family occasion that became more public in the nineteenth century was the wedding, although it was limited to invited guests. When Queen Victoria broke with convention and walked down the aisle to musical accompaniment, wearing pure white instead of the traditional silver and white gown and colored cape, she created an overnight "tradition." Thousands of middle-class women imitated her example, turning their weddings into the most glamorous events of their lives, an elaborate celebration of their entry into respectable domesticity. " - from the book: Marriage, a History by Stephanie Coontz
sara :)
