Nelly Don’s 1916 pink gingham apron frock: an illustration of the middle-class American housewife’s shifting role from producer to consumer

Doctor of Philosophy === Department of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design === Sherry Haar === Nell Donnelly created a stylish, practical, affordable pink gingham apron frock in 1916, selling out her first order of 216 dresses the first morning at $1 apiece at Peck’s Dry Goods Company in Kansas C...

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Main Author: Whang, Mikyoung
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8621