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061: Victorian Era Laundry: How Laundry Was Washed, The Soap Used to Clean It, The Various Ways to Bleach Fabric, And Personal Hygiene in The Victorian Era
Hello! In this weeks Episode we are going down one of the many rabbit holes I wanted to go down while researching GIlded Age Summer. Just how did those Ladies go about laundering those gowns. In true Rabbit Hole Nature, I go from Laundry to how soap works, to how Urine was used as a cleaner, to personal hygeine. We definetly go on a journey today.
Sources for today's episode include:
Thunderbay museum with an article titled The Land of Milk and Urine? A Brief History of Textile Bleaching.
A Victorian lady's guide to cleaning dresses of muslin, silk, velvet, and lace by Mimi Mathews…
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