Stola This created the illusion of layers, a symbol of wealth and status. Stolas were made in a variety of colors including red, yellow, and blue. Decorations were also added to the neckline and hem. For common women, these would be a simple band of color or pattern. For wealthier women, more details and embellishments were used. A wide ornamental border called an instita was often used around the neckline and hem as a display of wealth. Stola The stola was the traditional garment of Roman women, corresponding to the toga, that was worn by men. The stola was usually woollen.
Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain in 2003 as one of a series of books in American antebellum literature that helped establish the cultural ideal of the assertive, redemptive woman. Margaret Cohen, in the "Novel and the Sea", calls Fanny the "female equivalent of the crafty mariner.". In the nineteenth century, the novel inspired some of its female readers to follow in Fanny Campbell's footsteps. Sarah Emma Edmonds decided to dress as a man and fight for the Union in the Civil War after reading "Fanny Campbell". Maud Buckley, a captain's wife who eventually got her own license called her three masted schooner the Fanny Campbell,