Natassia writes:

I thought you might get a kick out of this. It’s a screenshot from The Morning Times (Washington, D.C.), Dec. 29th, 1895, page 11. The entire newspaper is free to read on the Library of Congress website.

I came across it while researching for my genealogy hobby.

Laura writes:

Thank you.

Women obviously valued exercise in the 19th century. But they didn’t value it anywhere near as much as they do today. And they didn’t exercise in immodest clothing in coed gyms or on public streets, a practice which does so much to undermine the dignity of women and their safety too. These corsets would have been worn in private.

A recent reactionary, fascist discussion on the topic of exercise clothes can be found here and here.

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