What is new, then, to the nineteenth century is not the doll's association with death, but with children. As children began playing with dolls, the doll's association with death and funerary practices became a common aspect of children's play. Miriam Formanek-Brunell argues that doll funerals came fully into vogue in the late-nineteenth century, as young women and girls followed Queen Victoria's lead in mourning. Parents could purchase mourning attire for their daughters' dolls and fathers constructed doll-sized coffins for miniature burials. According to Formanek-Brunell, the presence and production of mourning dresses and coffins for dolls suggests that "parents encouraged funeral ceremonies meant to properly sanctify the 'bodies' and protect the 'souls' of those poor, deceased dolls."