Physical culture and the body beautiful : purposive exercise in the lives of American women, 1800-1870 / Jan Todd.

Bernarr Macfadden : reformer of feminine form / Jan Todd.

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Physical culture and the body beautiful : purposive exercise in the lives of American women, 1800-1870 / Jan Todd.

Bernarr Macfadden : reformer of feminine form / Jan Todd.