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TO PROTECT PUBLIC MORALS.

TO PROTECT PUBLIC MORALS.
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In March, 1891, a bill was introduced in the Minnesota Legislature with the intent to prohibit the exhibition of women's legs on the public stage. Much was made of this "anti-tights bill" in the press dispatches, and it was, first and last, the cause of much presumably innocent merriment. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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