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• Women's clothing

• American Dresses 1790-1900: Identification and Significance of 148 Extant Dresses (second edition, expanded; Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 2020), by Elsie Frost McMurry, ed. by Susan W. Greene, illust. by Cathie Simpson (PDF at Cornell)
• Dresses designed for little girls (Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Agricultural Research Administration, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1949), by Clarice L. Scott (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Clothing for Women: Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for School and Home (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1918), by Laura I. Baldt (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Well-Dressed Woman: A Study in the Practical Application to Dress of the Laws of Health, Art, and Morals (New York: Fowler and Wells Co., 1892), by Helen Gilbert Ecob
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Woman as Decoration: A Costume Book (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920), by Emily Burbank (page images at Wisconsin)
• Color and Line in Dress (revised edition; New York: Prentice-Hall, c1938), by Laurene Hempstead, illust. by Sara Whitney Olds (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our girls (Harper & Brothers, 1871), by Dio Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals. (Fowler & Wells Co., 1893), by Helen Gilbert Ecob (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lady's toilette : containing a critical examination of the nature of beauty, and of the causes by which it is impaired : with instructions for preserving it to advanced age : an historical sketch of the fashions of France and England : directions for dressing with taste and elegance : and receipts for preparing all the best and most harmless cosmetics proper for a lady's use (Printed for W.H. Wyatt, 1808), by Auguste Caron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary (Thomas Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1837), by A. Walker, John William Wright, E. T. Parris, M. Gauci, and Anthony Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Satyrische Abhandlung von den Krankheiten der Frauenspersonen, welche sie sich durch ihren Putz und Anzug zuziehen (in German), by Christian Tobias Ephraim Reinhard (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beehive for Bairns, Vol. 2: From 1st Size to 2 Years: With Special Supplement: Bed Jackets (Gutenberg ebook)
• Woman as Decoration, by Emily Burbank (Gutenberg ebook)

• Le Boutillier Brothers ; fall and winter, 1891-1892. (Boutillier Brothers, 1892), by Boutillier Brothers and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)

• Das Kleid der Frau ein Beitrag zur künstlerischen Gestaltung des Frauen-Kleides (Koch, 1904), by Alfred Mohrbutter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dresses and bonnets and ribbons. (Lord & Taylor, 1870), by Lord & Taylor and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dresses and bonnets and ribbons. (Lord & Taylor, 1870), by Lord & Taylor and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)

• Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary (Thomas Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1837), by A. Walker, John William Wright, E. T. Parris, M. Gauci, and Anthony Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ancient Greek female costume. (S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882), by John Moyr Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Taĭny zhenskago tualeta (Pushkinskai︠a︡ skoropechatni︠a︡, 1908), by P. and Armand Silvestre (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of lingerie in pictures (Fairchild Publications, 1952), by M. D. C. Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le Pantalon Féminin (in French), by Pierre Dufay, contrib. by Armand Silvestre (Gutenberg ebook)

• Utility type house dress sizes (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1948., 1948), by United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nothing to wear : an episode of city life : from Harpers weekly (J. Bradburn, 1862), by William Allen Butler and Augustus Hoppin (page images at HathiTrust)

• La femme en culotte (Paris : Ernest Flammarion, éditeur, [1899?], 1899), by John Grand-Carteret, Gustave Girrane, and Fernand Fau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Body measurements for the sizing of women's patterns and apparel ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services, Commodity Standards Division, [1958], 1958), by United States. National Bureau of Standards and United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Technical Services (page images at HathiTrust)

• Blouse and skirt manufacturing industries (United States Government Printing Office, 1935), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blouse and skirt manufacturing industries (United States Government Printing Office, 1935), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blouse and skirt manufacturing industries (United States Government Printing Office, 1935), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blouse and skirt manufacturing industries (United States Government Printing Office, 1934), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ladies' national magazine ([Philadelphia] : [C.J. Peterson], 1848-1892., 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)

• When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, c2006), by Patricia Campbell Warner (PDF files at umass.edu)

• The bloomer schottisch (William Hall & Son, 1851), by William Dressler, Sarony & Major, and William Hall & Son (page images at HathiTrust)

• Consumer satisfaction with women's blouses. Part I, Field study in four communities in the northeast (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Rhode Island, 1959), by Ruth Ayres, Mary C. Whitlock, and Mary Ryan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Factors related to satisfaction with girls' blouses and slips : a comparison of mothers' and adolescent daughters' opinions (New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 1965), by Mary S. Ryan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Consumer satisfaction with women's blouses. Part II, Laboratory-wear studies (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Rhode Island, 1958), by Virginia Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Costume de bals (William May?, 1889), by C. & W. May (firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Costume de bals (William May?, 1889), by C. & W. May (firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kitty's class day ... (Loring, 1868), by Louisa May Alcott and Sarah Orne Jewett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Techniques for Sewing Tricot Lingerie (University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service circular #543; ca. 1977), by W. Jeannette Roberts (PDF at uark.edu)
• Underwear and lingerie. (The Woman's institute of domestic arts and sciences, 1928), by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)

• Women's slip sizes (woven fabrics) (Washington, D.C. : United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1945., 1945), by United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)

• Instruction book, Snow's skirt system and the fundamental principles of skirt designing (Horton printing co.], 1918), by Lester J. Snow (page images at HathiTrust)
• The science of skirt drafting. ([Printed by the Gazette Co.], 1908), by W. R. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diagrams of new skirts, with detailed directions for drafting ... (S. T. Taylor Co., 1915), by S. T. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adolescent girls skirts. Part I, Mothers' and daughters' opinions of school skirts. (Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, 1965) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La femme en culotte (Paris : Ernest Flammarion, éditeur, [1899?], 1899), by John Grand-Carteret, Gustave Girrane, and Fernand Fau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How to make ladies' coats and suits. (Kogos International Corp, 1962), by Samuel Heath (page images at HathiTrust)

• Funtime favorites for the 4-H modern miss (University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, 1954), by Esther Nystrom (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aprons and caps. (Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, 1944), by Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust)

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