# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVlhpQwCOz_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59840985-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0ccddd6bf6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-07T14:21:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

She’s 22 and going blind. Seamstress in London, 1863. Sews ball gowns 18 hours daily by candlelight. Paid 4 shillings per dress. It sells for £20. ‘Seamstress’s blindness’—progressive vision loss. By 25, she can’t work. No pension. Just ruined eyes.”
#VictorianLondon #Seamstress #LaborHistory #VictorianWomen #HistoryReels

## Stats

- **Views:** 13,401
- **Likes:** 1,006
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 31

## Tags

victorianlondon, seamstress, laborhistory, historyreels, victorianwomen

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