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    1. 'The question of the corset': fashion, health and identity in late Ottoman history

      by Burçak, Berrak

      British Journal Of Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 219 - 239

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    2. ART. II.--History of Corsets

      The Ohio Medical And Surgical Journal (1848 1878), Volume 5, Issue 5, p. 405

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    3. Trees, forests and corsets: facts, perspectives and interpretations in the history (...)

      by Rojas, José Luis de

      Historia Mexicana, Volume 61, Issue 3, pp. 1171 - 1208

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    1. Support and seduction : the history of corsets and bras

      by Béatrice Fontanel ; translated from the French by Willard Wood.

      Book

      Check Holdings for this item's availability Library Service Center, GT2075 .F3613 1997 

    2. Bound & determined : a visual history of corsets 1850-1960

      Kristina Seleshanko.

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      This item is currently Not Available Lilly Library, GT2075 .S45 2012 

    3. Corsets and codpieces : a social history of outrageous fashion

      by Karen Bowman.

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      Check Holdings for this item's availability Perkins & Bostock Library, GT730 .B67 2015 

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    1. Women at the Center - Issue 9, Spring 2006

      I just started a piece on the history of women and exercise (with and without corsets).

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      Rather than giving my usual lecture about the history of zines, I asked each pair to report what they found to be characteristics of a (...)

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      Seeing pamphlets and books produced by people like Frances Cobbe and Annie Wood Besant—women who were often ostracized for their work, and who (...)

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    1. Spirella Corset Company. Traveling saleswoman's kit, 1934-1935

      The Spirella Corset Company was founded in 1904 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, by Marcus Merritt Beeman, William Wallace Kincaid and Jesse Homan (...)

    2. Tamar R. Stone papers, 1911-2023

      Tamar Stone is a book artist whose one-of-a-kind works are made from fabric with embroidered text. This collection contains her book drafts, (...)

    3. Susan P. Parrott account book, 1839-1846

      Susan P. Parrott was a widow who probably resided in Maine during the mid-nineteenth century. Collection comprises an handmade account book with (...)

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    1. Spirella Corset Company. Traveling saleswoman's kit, 1934-1935.

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    2. Spirella Corset Company sales literature, 1927-1934.

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      This item is currently Available Rubenstein Library, Sec. A Box 184 Item 1

    3. Tamar R. Stone papers, 1998-2023.

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