Ada Grimshaw

Ada Grimshaw abt 1890. Taken in Springfield, Vermont.
I believer that they often cut children's hair if they were very ill and wonder if this is why Ada has this very cropped style.
I think I remember reading that cutting hair when a child was sick stemmed from a belief that hair "sapped your strength" but in reality it could have been just a practical way to stop the snarl of tangles from a long time lying on a pillow.
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