class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Promptitude and Fidelity ## Professional Seamstresses in Early 19th-Century New England ### Grace Acton ### Bates College ### 2022-04-08 --- <style type="text/css"> .highlight-last-item > ul > li, .highlight-last-item > ol > li { opacity: 0.5; } .highlight-last-item > ul > li:last-of-type, .highlight-last-item > ol > li:last-of-type { opacity: 1; } </style> --- class: inverse, left, middle background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7e/f5/36/7ef536bdeb9bef7b3bfa5656fa270726.jpg") background-position: right background-size: 55% # Motivations --- class: left, top, highlight-last-item background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/98/19/a1/9819a1550ab629cfc11426f0df7547e7.jpg") background-position: right text-font-size: "1.5rem" ### The Village -- - New England, 1790 - 1840 -- - Interpretation <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3c/5d/6e/3c5d6ec6343017002f6dfc76a12468cf.jpg" width="25%" style="display: block; margin: auto auto auto 0;" /> -- - Research <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/af/c3/0e/afc30efc88de62bc510242358f868f03.jpg" width="20%" style="display: block; margin: auto auto auto 0;" /> -- --- class: inverse, left, middle background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d0/1d/30/d01d30ec1edd32a748558dd843fdaa80.jpg") background-position: right background-size: 60% ## Methods --- class: center ## 19th Century Newspapers .pull-left[ ### Pros ] .pull-right[ ### Cons ] -- .pull-left[ - Contain information not found elsewhere ] .pull-right[ - New vocabulary ] -- .pull-left[ - Pre-1840, generally very readable ] .pull-right[ - Sometimes in poor condition ] -- .pull-left[ - Easy to correctly date ] .pull-right[ - Difficult to identify individuals, especially women ] --- class: left, top ## Digitization ### 1. Transcribe -- .pull-left[ <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c6/3f/79/c63f7952e1e7b8f42920bf34b9ad1c0f.jpg" width="50%" /> ] -- .pull-right[ <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/89/3b/2b/893b2b2487c4e133c7d2d87c7a63f612.jpg" width="90%" /> ] --- class: left, top ## Digitization ### 2. Document -- .pull-left[ - Name - Job title(s) - Address - Type of location - Other details - Newspaper name - Year of ad ] -- .pull-right[ <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/aa/52/85aa52e6376fcbfeda5ec72b3a7fc6e9.jpg" width="120%" style="display: block; margin: auto auto auto 0;" /> ] --- class: left, top background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/41/3b/c6/413bc64ac5be4f9c0fcce274a0ef341c.jpg") background-position: right 75px top 90px background-size: 30% ## Digitization ### 3. Research -- .pull-left[ - Full name - Birth date - Parents - Spouse - Marriage date - Death date - Death location - Addresses - Relatives ] --- class: left, top ## Digitization ### 4. Convert to R! --- class: inverse, right, middle background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9d/6a/0a/9d6a0a1de32897c058b9f02900cc11ad.jpg") background-position: left, top background-size: 48% # Analysis --- class: center, middle # Part 1 <br> When? --- class: top, center ## Distribution of Ads by Year <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/ad-years-1.png" width="75%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: center, middle # Part 2 <br> Who? --- class: top, center ## Age at Time of Advertisement <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/age-distribtuion-1.png" width="75%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: top, center ## Age at Marriage <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/marrriage-age-1.png" width="75%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: top, center ## Which comes first? <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/ad-vs-marriage-1.png" width="75%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: top, center ## Job Titles <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/job-titles-1.png" width="75%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: top, center ## What is... -- A Milliner? -- A Tailoress? -- A Mantuamaker? -- <img src="https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ci/original/DT6542.jpg" width="20%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: top, center ## Job Title Popularity By Year <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/job-title-by-year-1.png" width="75%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> --- class: center, middle # Part 3 <br> Where? ### The Map Section --- class: top, center, inverse background-color: #FFFFFF ## Ads per Town <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/ggplot-map-1.png" width="90%" /> --- class: top, center, inverse background-color: #FFFFFF ## Job Title Popularity by Town <img src="Presentation_files/figure-html/job-title-map-1.png" width="90%" /> --- class: inverse, left, middle ## Interactive Maps --- class: center, middle ## All Massachusetss Seamstresses ---
--- class: center, middle ## Worcester City Directories ---
--- class: center, middle ## Seamstresses with Genealogy Information ---
--- class: inverse, left, middle background-image: url("https://i.pinimg.com/564x/46/e1/ae/46e1ae98ac90c4ebc431884e44221940.jpg") background-position: right, top background-size: 50% ## Conclusions --- class: top, left ## What have we learned? -- .pull_left[ - Professional sewing was not only a young women's field. ] -- .pull_left[ - Fashion exists outside of major cities. ] -- .pull_left[ - Historical data is out there if you're willing to search for it. ] --- class: inverse, middle, center # Thank You! ### Questions, Comments, Concerns?