78 - The Dark Secret of American Swimming Pools
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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The Island Watch Job for Boys
Girls must wear swimming suits, preferably of cotton. Women do not actually swim in pools nearly as much as boys and men. Female athleticism was disdain at this point. Even in the 1930s, doctors were writing books claiming that athletic women gave birth to ugly babies.
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