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  2. Corset controversy - Wikipedia

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    Women in 1870s gowns wearing corsets. The corset controversy was a moral panic and public health concern around corsets in the 19th century. Corsets, variously called a pair of bodys or stays, were worn by European women from the late 16th century onward, changing their form as fashions changed. In spite of radical change to fashion ...

  3. Ohio State Reformatory - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio State Reformatory (OSR), also known as the Mansfield Reformatory, is a historic prison located in Mansfield, Ohio in the United States.It was built between 1886 and 1910 and remained in operation until 1990, when a United States Federal Court ruling (the 'Boyd Consent Decree') ordered the facility to be closed.

  4. Mansfield Correctional Institution - Wikipedia

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    Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) is an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction mixed-security state prison for men, located at 1150 North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio, adjacent to the property of the historic Ohio State Reformatory. Ohio's Richland Correctional Institution is also located in Mansfield.

  5. As It Were: State had reason for making prison the first ...

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    Columbus was created to be the new capital city in 1812 at the “High Banks Opposite Franklinton at the Forks of the Scioto” at a place called Wolf’s Ridge.

  6. 'Bridgerton' is making corsets cool again. But are they safe ...

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    Bridgerton is back, and Season 3 leading lady Nicola Coughlan is setting the record straight about her waist. The 37-year-old actress, who plays Penelope Featherington on the hit Netflix series ...

  7. History of corsets - Wikipedia

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    Woman's stays c. 1730–1740. Silk plain weave with supplementary weft-float patterning, stiffened with whalebone. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.63.24.5. [1]The corset is a supportive undergarment for women, dating, in Europe, back several centuries, evolving as fashion trends have changed and being known, depending on era and geography, as a pair of bodies, stays and corsets.

  8. Tightlacing - Wikipedia

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    Many records of older women who tightlaced were induced to do so by their husbands, such as in the case of Ethel Granger, and had an element of sexual fetishism. [3] The majority of people taking part in tightlacing were likely teenagers or young adults; the smallest waist sizes on record should be contextualized as such.

  9. Frances Fisher: 'Titanic' Corsets Were So Tight 'Nobody ... - AOL

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    Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane and More Read article For most of the film, Fisher, 70, Kate Winslet and other stars were dressed in corsets as the project was set in 1912 — a time ...