The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 5th, 2004
In the 19th century, mourning was rooted in tradition
Sunday, September 5, 2004
Emily Mueller will be portraying Emily Slauson, a woman in mourning for her husband's parents, circa 1865. Deaths in the 19th century were treated with very prescribed rituals and traditions, according to Mueller.
"Her husband's parents died within a couple of years of each other, so she had only a year out of mourning clothes between the deaths," Mueller said.
A relative's death resulted in mourning for a year; that of a spouse, two years. A widow would remove herself from any social activity, except for churc...
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