CONCLUSION
In the period between 1845 and 1900, fast paced style changes caused an equally swift series of drastic transitions in wimen's underwear. While they began the period caged in a tight corset, numerous thick petticoats, stockings and garters, they ended the period in a slightly less damaging corset and a more reasonable A-frame dress. The crinoline, bustle, and bum roll, as well as the voluminous trains and draperies were removed in favor of a slightly more managable figure. In addition, the appearance of bloomers also offered society's ladies a feminist choice in opposition to the cage, they could wear pantaloons with a token mid-length skirt. This, as well as long term trends in clothing throughout this period clearly pre-saged the suffragette movement in America, while an important part of suffrage movements in Northern Europe and Latin America.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The sites included here are only a limited number of the most helpful sites and among those whose work was derivative to this project.
The History of Corsets:
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eisibastet/corset.html
Rizzo's Vintage Reproductions
www.costumegallery.com/rizzos/rr1870un.htm
Portraits of a Bloomer
http://spidergram.ccs.unr.edu/unr/sb204/theatre/bloom5.html
Timeline of Costume History
www.costumes.org/pages/timelinepages/1850to70a.htm
The Costume Gallery
www.costumegallery.com
The Worth Collection: The Gilded Age
www.netresource.com:80/mcny/costume11.htm
La Couturiere Parisiennne Costume and Fashion Site
www.marquise.de
Petticoat Pond- Petticoat and Crinoline Enthusiasts Forum
http://pettipond.com/
Hope Greenberg's "Godey's Lady's Book" Site
www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/
The Costuming Page: Costuming Resources Online
http://members.aol.com/nebula5/tcpinfo.html
1895 Illustrations for Jane Austin by Charles E. Brock
www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppbrokil.html
Daguerreotypes Home Page
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/dadghtml/daghome.html
The History of Costume by Braun & Scheider
www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html
Online Library: Delineator
www.costumegallery.com/Delineator
The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan
http://costumeinstitute.org
The Musuem of Costume at Bath
www.museumofcostume.co.uk/
The Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection
http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~sage/
The Museum of the City of New York -Uncommon Threads
www.mcny.org/mcny/threads.htm
Musee et de la Mode et du Textile
http://www.ucad.fr/
Costume Society of America
www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
Costume Society of England
www.bath.uk.com/costume
The Crinoline's Cage
http://primarysources.msu.edu/curricula/lessons/manu/-
marketingGR/repurpose/_cage.shtml
1900 Fashion Research
www.geocities.com/Paris /Lights/8473/
Hulton-Getty Images
www.hulton.getty-images.com
Slips, Pettis and More
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/stevecurrie/indexa.html
Lycos Fashion Guide: Historic Fashion
http://www.lycos.com/wguide/wire/wire_969158_63686_3_1
.html
A Tight History of the Corset
www.speakeasy.net/corset.html
The Eighteenth Century Corset Page
www.corsets.org/pages/18thcors.htm