Dying to Be Beautiful : The Fight for Safe Cosmetics /
Gwen Kay.
- 1 online resource (190 pages): illustrations
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
"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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États-Unis. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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