Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff! Body odor through the ages: the history of deodorant
Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30 pm, Zoom
Keeping Up Appearances: A history of women’s beauty trends and the standards that shaped them
“Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff!” is the final talk in a 3-part herstory unsanitized series presented by Ehris Urban & Velya Jancz-Urban of the Grounded Goodwife.
It’s estimated that 95% of American women use deodorant. The first deodorant was trademarked in 1888, and the first antiperspirant in 1909 – when a Cincinnati physician developed a liquid antiperspirant to keep his hands dry during surgery. His daughter used the invention under her arms, and found it eliminated sweat and odor – and later, decided to market it to women as a way to ditch hot and uncomfortable sweat pads used in dresses. Find out who else left their mark in the armpits of America!