This fashionable and versatile hairstyle could vary in length from quite a short bob to shoulder-length.

1850's american women's hairstyles. Hairstyles in the Civil War period typically. 1857 Louisa May Alcott age 25 so not just the older women liked this do. The longer ones are proportionately dearer.

They used to comb their also parted in the center and tied to the nape with a knot. These were soft feminine styles lacking the Gothic severity of the 1830s and 1840s while at the same time still far more conservative than the long draped curls that would come into fashion in the 1870s and 1880s. Had a part in the middle and the hair pulled.

See more ideas about 1860s hairstyles victorian hairstyles civil war hairstyles. Curls framing the hair were common around 1850. Womens 1950s hair came in short medium and long styles matching the personality of the wearer.

Anthony still wearing last years fashions dont forget fashion trends over lap decades. The hairstyle in the 1850s was parted in the center brushed down and arranged heavily on the sides completely covering the ears Severa 155. Prior to the Civil War it was fashionable.

To part the hair in the middle and pull it back. Although evolving slightly over the course of the decade the 1850s hair fashions for women remained parted in the center and pinned up in the back. Short for the typical housewife.

It was either pulled back behind the ears which would then be covered by a day capbonnet or would be used to cover the ears when a head covering wasnt necessary at a ball for example. AAD 252 Final Project. American Civil Rights for Women.