The average life expectancy in 1900 was 45 years of age. By 2000, that number had risen to 78. A significant factor in that increase in average life expectancy was a decrease in infant mortality. Two physicians whose efforts were key are profiled in this month’s enewsletter: Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig and Dr. Virginia Apgar.
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AH – fashion choices – what a quandary! Short skirts, knee -length skirts, spanx, camisoles, scarfs, sleeveless, with sleeves, jackets, no jacket, flats, pumps, 4-inch heels and more! Women in the 21st century have the luxury of dealing with all of these fashion decisions. for many years, fashion was much more proscribed and, for middle -class and upper-class women, included the dreaded corsets! For this issue we discuss some the the significant milestones and contributors to the evolution of women’s clothing and clothing design from the middle 1800s through the end of the 20th century.
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