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McCall, Nina Quarantine United States 20th century United States Women Institutional care Women Institutional care United States History 20th century Women Legal status, laws, etc Women prisoners Women prisoners United States 20th century Women's rights Women's rights United States History 20th centuryHodgkins, Lisa
Summary: "In the last half of the 19th century, the women of America were beginning to develop their own sense of style. Although influenced by European fashions and the social and economic changes of the time, they made clothing choices based upon their personal aspirations and their practical everyday needs. Providing an overview of fashion influences for each decade from the 1860s to the end of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.2 HODTuite, Rebecca.
Summary: Presents a history of fashion at the seven female Ivy League schools from the 1920s up to the present, describing how the preppy style became an iconic American look and innfluenced popular culture around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 TUIClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIStern, Scott W.
Summary: In 1918, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Nina McCall was told to report to the local health officer to be examined for sexually transmitted infections. Confused and humiliated, Nina did as she was told, and the health officer performed a hasty (and invasive) examination and quickly diagnosed her with gonorrhea. Insisting she could not possibly have an STI, Nina was coerced into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018