Pengel, Heloise M., Chris G. Maher, and Kathryn M. Refshauge. “Systematic Review of Conservative Interventions for Subacute Low Back Pain.” Clinical Rehabilitation, 2002, 8.
Schultz, Albert B., Daniel R. Benson, and Carl Hirsch. “Force-Deformation Properties of Human Ribs.” Journal of Biomechanics 7 (1974): 303—09.
Stein, I. D. “Rib Structure and Bending Strength: An Autopsy Study.” Calcified Tissue Research 20 (1976): 61—73.
Stitzel, Joel D., Joseph M. Cormier, Joseph T. Barretta, Eric A. Kennedy, Eric P. Smith, Amber L. Rath, and Stefan M. Duma. “Defining Regional Variation in the Material Properties of Human Rib Cortical Bone and Its Effect on Fracture Prediction.” Stapp Car Crash Journal 47 (October 2003): 243—65.
Theobold, Mary Miley. History Myths Debunked: The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth. “Myth #28: Women had ribs surgically removed to make their waists smaller.” http://historymyths.wordpress.com
Books:
When possible, ISBNs are provided to help readers track down specific books.
Blum, Stella, ed. Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper’s Bazar: 1867—1898. New York: Dover Publications, 1974. ISBN 0486229904
Crawford, M. D. C., and Elizabeth A. Guernsey. The History of Corsets in Pictures. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1951.
Cunnington, C. Willett and Phillis Cunnington. The History of Underclothes. London: Michael Joseph, 1951.
Flint, Austin. A Text-Book of Human Physiology. 4th ed. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1893.
Graydon, Shari. In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You. Vancouver: Annick Press, 2004. ISBN 1550378570
Kahn, Selma Annette. Merchandising Manual for the Corset Department. Under the direction of John W. Wingate. New York: Journal of Retailing, 1939.
Kidwell, Claudia Brush and Valerie Steele, eds. Men and Women: Dressing the Part. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. ISBN 0874745500
Lord, William Berry. Freaks of Fashion: The Corset & the Crinoline. Edited by R. L. Shep. Mendocino, CA: R. L. Shep, 1993. (Originally published in 1868 as two separate books: Freaks of Fashion and The Corset and the Crinoline.)
McMillen, Sally G. Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Mitchell, Sally. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1988. ISBN 0824015134
∗Page, Christopher. Foundations of Fashion: The Symington Collection; Corsetry from 1856 to the Present Day. Leicestershire Museums Publication no. 25. Leicestershire, UK: De Voyle Litho, 1981. ISBN 0850220890
Shep, R. L., ed. Corsets: A Visual History. Mendocino, CA: R. L. Shep, 1993. ISBN 0914046209
Simmons, John Galbraith. Doctors & Discoveries: Lives That Created Today’s Medicine; From Hippocrates to the Present. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. ISBN 0618152768
∗Steele, Valerie. The Corset: A Cultural History. Singa-pore: Yale University Press, 2000. ISBN 0300090714
Steele, Valerie. Paris Fashion: A Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN 0195044657
Waugh, Norah. Corsets and Crinolines. New York: Routledge Theatre Arts Books, 1954.
Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Women’s Clothes: 1600—1930. New York: Routledge Theatre Arts Books, 1968. ISBN 0878300260
Williams, Peter L., Roger Warwick, Mary Dyson, and Lawrence H. Bannister, eds. Gray’s Anatomy. 37th ed. UK: Longman Group, 1989.
Sound Recordings:
Dreyer, Dave, Lou Handman, and Herman Ruby. “When I Was the Dandy and You Were the Belle.” Performed by Walter Van Brunt. Edison Blue Amberol, 1924.
Websites:
Long Island Staylace Association (“LISA”) http://www.staylace.com
Corset Heaven (Corset Forum and Chat) http://www.corsetheaven.com/forum
Lucy’s Corsetry http://lucycorsetry.com
Movie Mistakes (Gone with the Wind) http://www.moviemistakes.com/picture3541
Romantasy Exquisite Corsetry http://www.romantasy.com
Timeless Trends Corset Designs http://www.timeless-trends.com
Two Nerdy History Girls http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/
Acknowledgments
All the events described in this book are true, and as accurately portrayed as my memory can make them. Some of the names have been changed out of respect for the privacy of the individuals depicted.
To everyone who participated in the research for this book and to those who helped bring it to print, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude. Special thanks go to my wonderful editor, Nicole Frail, for all her amazing hard work and devotion; to my agent, Deborah Ritchken, for taking a chance on an unknown; to Tom Evans, for his encyclopedic knowledge of bones, anatomy, and all things biological as well as his eager cheerfulness to spread scientific data to the laypeople of the world; to Sue Lean, for her perpetual encouragement and efforts on my behalf; to Hillary and the Wornettes at WORN Fashion Journal in Toronto and Lucy Williams of Lucy’s Corsetry for reviewing the book in glowing terms when I was still making every copy myself by hand; to Allison Arthur for the splendid newspaper features; to Angela Kirkpatrick for her beautiful artwork; to Max Kraushaar and Emily Decker for the lovely photographs; and to all my dear friends for their wonderful help and encouragement. And naturally, my most heartfelt thanks go to my beloved husband, Gabriel, for giving me the corset in the first place—and for everything else.
Illustration from Victorian lady’s magazine.
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