P.S time setting is 1891
Suggestion:
The answer depends very much on the setting: is she a country or a city girl? What social class? What type of outfit will you be wearing?
Most of the examples I found were from paintings by artists such as Carl Larsson or Anders Zorn, both working in the relevant time setting. Their women all seem to wear their in some form of braided tight bun or milkmaid braid (across the top of the skull). Unmarried young women of that age might also have a braid hanging down their back. Remember, already at 17 you would be adult enough to get married.
If it's an upper class city girl, she'd probably follow the late Victorian fashion, you'll likely find some ideas from the Costume Gallery below.

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Maybe i can answear your question
I'm not "super" sure, but i think short hair with corkscrew curls or curls was very common
Watch this video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLoleOZ3qPI
Im pretty sure you'll find what you search for after watching it
Hope it helps
And good luck with your play
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