Elizabeth Cass

Elizabeth Cass, later Elizabeth Langley (born 1863) was a British seamstress and dress designer whose mistaken arrest for prostitution in 1887 became a minor cause célèbre.

Read more about Elizabeth Cass:  Early Life, Mistaken Arrest, Perjury Case

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