Courtesy of Marilyn Morgan, Consuming Cultures.
Marilyn Morgan wrote another fascinating, historical overview about women’s swimwear and swimming opportunities in her blog Consuming Cultures.
Read about Drowning in Culture: Gender, Swimming & Health In The 20th Century here.
Photo from New York, circa August 1906 by G. C. Hovey, Mid Manhattan Picture Collection, Library of Congress.
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