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Woman's
Physical Freedom
book by Clelia Duel Mosher, M.D. (The
Womans Press,
New York City, U.S.A., 1923, 87 pages)
Look how she asserts that
women's increasing height and length of
skirt -
and tightness around the waist - correlate
with menstrual pain ("periodic disability of
women")!
A
discussion of her
findings lies below the chart.
SarahAnne
Hazlewood generously donated this book
to the museum.
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From the
1908
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
catalog (U.S.A.)
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From the
1922
Spring-Summer Montgomery
Ward & Co. catalog
(U.S.A.): Compare
with the dress above:
this one is shorter, the
waist unconstricted.
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