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‘Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.’

But women did not wear trousers in 1830s and skirts were not ‘racy’ - trousers certainly were though.