How Department Stores Liberated Victorian-Era Women | History

How Depart­ment Stores Lib­er­at­ed Vic­to­ri­an-Era Women | History



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In the 1800s, a woman shop­ping for her­self was a nov­el activ­i­ty. It was­n’t until the rise of the depart­ment store that women had a space where they could pur­chase cloth­ing and oth­er wares apart from the men in their lives. #His­to­ryChan­nel

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