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elements-8992	Pellissier, Marie; Lu, Tracy; Newhouse, James; Marinello, Claire; Sintobin, Emilie; Dorney, Jordan; Givens, Cameron	Elements Fall 2013 Issue	2013	48	.pdf	application/pdf	47737	2266	62	A maternity corset from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum indicates just how far a woman might go to preserve her shape during pregnancy: aside from lacing on the sides that could be loosened as the fetus grew, and gussets to accommodate a changing breast, this corset is still fully boned and does not sacrifice fashion for the sake of the pregnant woman or the unborn child.30 This refusal on the part of many women to give up fashionable dress even while pregnant generated many criticisms from doc- tors and dress reformers, who believed that the first duty of a woman was to be a wife and a mother, and so by lacing themselves tightly during pregnancy they were acting against nature itself. Editor WEB dESign gracE WESt, Senior Editor patty oWEnS, Senior Editor WEB dESign mikE hEnry, Senior Editor faculty adviSor ElizaBEth chadWick Contents MAKING CORSETS WORK: VICTORIAN WORKING WOMEN AND THE CORSET Marie Pellissier Unraveling the history and role of the corset among working women in the Victorian era FIGURES OF EXISTENTIALISM: A CYCLICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH PSYCHOLOGY Tracy Lu Assessing the reciprocal relationship between philosophy and psychology by examing the works of three of the world’s greatest writers “JES’ NEXT TO JESUS CHRIST”: SLAVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ABRAHAM LINCOLN James Newhouset Examining the artful means by which ex-slaves criticized their Southern oppressors without endangering them- selves.	cache/elements-8992.pdf	txt/elements-8992.txt