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Frontier Respectability to Gilded Age Splendor

Women and Consumerism in the Cultural Development of Bloomington, Illinois, 1839-1900

This thesis examines the importance of late nineteenth century gender ideals and consumer practices in the development of the city of Bloomington in McLean County Illinois.

Ultimately, although the industrialists, politicians, and businessmen may have created the town, this work posits that it was the townswomen who truly crafted Bloomington into a cosmopolitan community.