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By Erika Janik | March 9, 2012

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It’s Women’s History Month, a time to highlight the accomplishments of women. While many of these celebrations often focus on women’s legal and political progress, women have made many more personal gains as well. Today, historian Erika Janik tells us a story of women’s clothes.

Erika Janik

Erika Janik

Erika Janik is the co-creator and former executive director of Wisconsin Life. She is the author of six books, including Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, Apple: A Global History, and  Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine. She’s currently the executive...
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