“Swimming Suffragettes” offered at Marquette Regional History Center

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Clothing can inform a whole lot of issues about an individual, from what they like to what’s modern on the time.

It may also make an announcement about society.

The Marquette Regional History Center and the League of Women Voters (LWV) offered “Swimming Suffragettes” on Wednesday.

A presentation on how swimwear has modified over the past century and the way it has been tied to ladies’s rights on the time.

LWV Development Director Carrie Moon-Dupree spoke about her youth within the 60s, the model and strain to put on sure swimsuits, and the way that’s nonetheless prevalent in the present day.

“I was a child in the 60s and what we considered risqué, like the bathing suit Gidget wore, by today’s standards that was basically a two-piece showing a little bit of navel. But my father wouldn’t let me wear it,” mentioned Moon-Dupree. “Still today they are regulating what women wear. In the south of France, they were ticketing Muslim women who were wearing full coverage bathing suits.”

Moon-Dupree additionally spoke on how an Alaskan lady who gained a swim competitors had her medal taken for exhibiting an excessive amount of pores and skin with the swimsuit she was carrying. Moon-Dupree mentioned the choice was finally overturned.

The occasion noticed over 100 attendees, together with the NMU Women’s swim crew. There was a $45 donation required for attendance, which fits to help LWV and the various occasions they maintain. To see their ones but to come back, click here.

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