Description Digging into the roots of the Debutante ritual, with its ballrooms and white dresses, Kristen Richardson-- herself descended from a line of debutantes-- was fascinated to discover that the Debutante ritual places our contemporary ideas about women and marriage in a new light.
In this brilliant History of the phenomenon, Richardson shares debutantes\' own words--from diaries, letters, and interviews--throughout her vivid telling, beginning in Henry VIII\'s era, sweepi.
Description Digging into the roots of the Debutante ritual, with its ballrooms and white dresses, Kristen Richardson-- herself descended from a line of debutantes-- was fascinated to discover that the Debutante ritual places our contemporary ideas about women and marriage in a new light
