Cosmetics of Early America
Katie Cannon talked about the female beauty standards of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She explores many of the ingredients women … read more
Katie Cannon talked about the female beauty standards of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She explores many of the ingredients women used to make their own cosmetics, such as flowers, tree bark, chalk, and ashes. She also described many of the harmful ingredients included in the cosmetics of the time, including lead, mercury, acids, and arsenic and the side effects women experienced from using these products. close
People in this video
Hosting Organization
Series
Related Video
-
Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women
Blain Roberts talked about her book Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the Twentieth-Century South,…
-
Hospitals and Health Care in Colorado
Rebecca Hunt talked about early health care and hospitals in Colorado. She was interviewed at the American Historical As…
-
History of Newspaper Boys
Historian Vincent DiGirolamo talked about about what life was like for newspaper boys both in the cities and on the rail…
-
Early 20th Century Electric Appliances
Patrick Sheary talked about early 20th century electronic household appliances. He also discussed different ways manufac…