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Rumspringa (Pennsylvania German pronunciation: [ˈrʊmˌʃprɪŋə]), [2] also spelled Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa (lit. ' running around ', [3] from Pennsylvania German rumschpringe ' to run around; to gad; to be wild '; [4] compare Standard German herum-, rumspringen ' to jump around '), is a rite of passage during adolescence, used in some Amish communities.
The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...
Students bringing their own suits was discouraged, the institutions not having control of decontamination. [55] In 1947 girls at the Liberty School in Highland Park, Michigan, also swam nude in their classes. Boys not having worn suits for years, girls requested to do the same in order to give them more time in the pool rather than changing.
In a survey of Indiana high schools in 1939, all boys swim classes were nude, while girls wore suits, 87% being cotton suits issued by the school. [90] Students bringing their own suits was discouraged, the institutions not having control of decontamination. [91] A 1947 survey of schools in northern Utah found more local variation.
In 1947 girls aged 9 to 13 at the Liberty School in Highland Park, Michigan were directed to wear swimsuits by the Superintendent of Schools in response to a protest by mothers to the board of education. Boys in the schools had not worn suits in their classes for years, and girls requested to do the same in order to give them more time in the pool.
Today's bathing suits range from modest to risqué, but that wasn't always the case. As early as 4th century B.C. mosaics can be found of female athletes adorned in outfits that come quite close ...
Lovina Hershberger left her Amish community in Iowa in 2021, just days after her 18th birthday. She left behind her parents and 11 younger siblings in favor of a modern lifestyle.
By 1999, there is at least one documented case of middle-school aged girls wearing them. [33] The popularity of thongs among young girls was to an extent that thong sales for tweens, or those between 7 and 12 years old, totaled about $400,000 in 2000 but increased to about $1.6 million for 2003. [34]