Author

Publication

2016 - McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

55,000 words, Guess

Page Count

220 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101476662150
  • ISBN-139781476662152
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015049028
  • OCLC Control Number908375500
  • Better World Books9781476662152
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCGT2250
  • LCCHQ1419 .S44 2016

Description

" Between 1887 and 1920, the humble hatpin went from an unremarkable item in every woman's wardrobe, to a fashion necessity, to a dangerous weapon. All those protruding pins threatened men everywhere. Suddenly women were armed and dangerous. The patriarchy responded with hysterical crusades and often ludicrous legislation aimed at curbing the hatpin and disarming American women"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Hatpin Menace: American Women Armed and Fashionable, 1887-1920McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers2016-01-01

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