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This illustration from 1862 shows how a woman’s clothes became increasingly suspect as vessels for hiding and transporting secrets, but also how men strove to protect women’s modesty, making it easier for female spies to hide secrets in their clothes. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This illustration from 1862 shows how a woman’s clothes became increasingly suspect as vessels for hiding and transporting secrets, but also how men strove to protect women’s modesty, making it easier for female spies to hide secrets in their clothes. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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