14 Vintage Photos That Prove Victorian Women Never Cut Their Hair

c. 1890. (Image: History of Advertising Trust/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

In the Victorian era, a Western woman's hair was considered an important part of her appearance. On both sides of the Atlantic, it marked her status and her femininity as these photos will convey...

c. 1865. (Image: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)

c. 1870. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1885. (Image: London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

c. 1890. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1890. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1890. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

c. 1900. (Image: PYMCA/UIG/Getty Images)

c. 1865. (Image: adoc-photos/Corbis)

c. 1900. (Image: PYMCA/UIG/Getty Images)

c. 1900. (Image: Alinari Archives/Corbis)

c. 1914. (Image: Corbis)

c.1885 The Seven Sutherland Sisters. (Image: Mark Jay Goebel/Getty Images)

c. 1900. Rev. Fletcher Sutherland and his daughters, the Seven Sutherland Sisters.

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