“At the curve exchange”: Postwar beauty culture and working women at maidenform

Beauty and Business: Commerce, Gender, and Culture in Modern America

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 195-216

  Howard, Vicki ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842642999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315023090-15     Document Type: Chapter

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