What Slut-Shaming Looked Like in the 1920s
In 1919, special deputies called “Sheriffettes” watched over beaches to monitor the swimwear of the bathers in Queens, New York. Women began to wear towels around their waists or wrap raincoats around themselves when going to the beach. In Chicago, Illinois, a woman is being arrested for defying a Chicago edict banning “abbreviated bathing suits” … Read more