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A study of the clothing practices of urban high school senior girls

Abstract

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The purpose of the study was threefold: 1. To study the content of the clothing wardrobes of high school senior girls – the type, the number of garments, the age of garments, how and when the garments were obtained, and the cost outlay. 2. To study the extent to which the high school senior girl assumed responsibility for the care of her clothing and the type of care given to different classes of garments. 3. To compare Home Economics and non-Home Economics senior high school girls as to factors mentioned in objectives one and two.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.S.
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Home Economics
Department dc:contributor.department
Home Economics
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Year dc:date.issued
1951

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Reid, Doris Jean

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/10919/118867
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/118867

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Reid, Doris Jean. A study of the clothing practices of urban high school senior girls. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1951. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/118867