Illustration: a close-up of the head of Nell Gwyn, by Sir Peter Lely. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Our Puritan Ancestors’ Fashion War against Women’s Hair Styles and Headdresses

By Melissa Berry on July 14, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry describes how Puritan laws in the Massachusetts Bay Colony tried to control women’s clothing, hair styles and headdresses... (Read More)

Illustrations: Prince Rupert of the Rhine, often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier, by Anthony van Dyck, c. 1637, and a Roundhead, "The Puritan," by John Pettie, 1870. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Our Puritan Ancestors’ Fashion War against Long Hair

By Melissa Berry on June 24, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry describes how our Puritan ancestors didn’t approve of long hair – at least, the clergy and government officials didn’t... (Read More)

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