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Author:

Kay, Gwen.

Title:

Dying to be beautiful : the fight for safe cosmetics / Gwen Kay.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cosmetics--History.--United States--History.
Cosmetics industry--United States--History.
Cosmetics--History.--United States--History.
United States.--Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Cosmetics--adverse effects--United States.
Cosmetics--history--United States.
Health Policy--history--United States.
Legislation, Drug--history--United States.
Women's Health--history--United States.
États-Unis.--Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Cosmétiques--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.
Cosmétiques--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.
Cosmétiques--Histoire.--États-Unis--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"A victory of the women of this country" -- "The arts and crafts of the modern flapper" -- "Marring the fair face of nature" -- "Some protection to our health, our looks and our pocketbooks" -- "The big cosmetic houses aren't sorry that the regulation has come."

Series:

Women, gender, and health

ISBN:

9780814251386 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814251382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814209905 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814209904 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004021551

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)