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Female actors in the Old West

The Heavily Judged Female Entertainers Who Crushed Stereotypes In the Old West | Atlas Obscura
Tales of domestic drudgery, rigid dress codes, and a regimented daily life create a bleak portrait of the 19th century woman: she sits tightly corseted in…

Though at the time female actors were seen as “fallen women” akin to prostitutes, many women in the American old west found a degree of freedom in acting.

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