Dying to Be Beautiful : The Fight for Safe Cosmetics / Gwen Kay.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2005Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (190 pages): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814272879
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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."
Summary: Tells the story of how cosmetics came to be regulated in early 20th century America. Examines the cosmetics industry in light of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act.
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"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."

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Tells the story of how cosmetics came to be regulated in early 20th century America. Examines the cosmetics industry in light of the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act.

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