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Gender, Swimming & Health In The 20th Century

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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