A Hairdresser''s Experience in High Life

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Eliza Potter's 1859 autobiography expresses her indignation, abolitionist sentiments, fiery temper, and sheer joy of life as she reveals the private selves of the white women whose heads she `combed'. As an insider on the margins, her identity provides a unique vantage point for her story and that of the élites of nineteenth-century Cincinnati society.