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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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