The Hatpin Menace: American Women Armed and Fashionable, 1887-1920 by Kerry Segrave

The Hatpin Menace: American Women Armed and Fashionable, 1887-1920

Kerry Segrave

220 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Between 1887 and 1920, the humble hatpin went from an unremarkable item in every woman's wardrobe, to a fashion necessity, to a dangerous weapon (it was said). Big hair and big hats of the era meant big hatpins, and their weaponized use sparked co...

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