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Sarah Gold McBride

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Splitting Hairs

Chinese immigrants, the queue, and the boundaries of political citizenship.

by Sarah Gold McBride via The Public Domain Review on July 9, 2025
Bad Curls, Bad Character

The charged meaning of hair in 19th-century America.

by Sarah Gold McBride via Literary Hub on June 9, 2025
When Americans Thought Hair Was a Window Into the Soul

Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.

by Sarah Gold McBride via The Conversation on April 20, 2016

Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America

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A group of men in 19th-century clothing groom their beards.

The First Time America Went Beard Crazy

A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.

by Margaret Talbot via The New Yorker on July 21, 2025

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