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[Undated handbill (1885?) advertising an appearance by the Sisters Holland, "together weighing nearly half-a-ton. Printed in Leicester. ].
Date: 1885
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[Undated Victorian handbill advertising Mrs. E. Farmer, of Wantage, Berkshire, "the largest woman in existence" weighing 24 stone, on exhibition at 194 The Strand, London].
Date: date of publication not identified
Books
Fat -- a fate worse than death? : women, weight, and appearance / Ruth Raymond Thone.
Thone, Ruth RaymondDate: [1997]
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You have the right to remain fat / Virgie Tovar.
Virgie TovarDate: 2018
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Fattily ever after / Stephanie Yeboah.
Yeboah, StephanieDate: 2020
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Fat, pretty and soon to be old : a makeover for self and society / Kimberly Dark.
Dark, KimberlyDate: [2019]
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An obese woman getting up off the ground: three series. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Eadweard MuybridgeDate: 1887Reference: 27769i
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What have you got to lose? : the great weight debate and how to diet successfully / Shelley Bovey.
Bovey, ShelleyDate: 2002
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An obese woman walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Eadweard MuybridgeDate: 1887Reference: 27474i
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The fat Jesus : feminist explorations in boundaries and transgressions / Lisa Isherwood.
Lisa IsherwoodDate: 2008
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Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia / Sabrina Strings.
Strings, SabrinaDate: [2019]
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The great American Prize Lady Miss C. Heenan with her four prize presentation cups : now exhibiting for a short time only at 122, Fleet St, London.
Date: [1868?]
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Now exhibiting for a short time, at 122, Fleet Street, City, opposite Punch's office : Just arrived from America the greatest wonder of the world. The great American prize lady, Miss C. Heenan ... heaviest female living, weighing 40 stone ...
Date: [1868?]
Ephemera
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[Undated handbill (1885?) advertising an appearance by Barnum's Boston Prize ladies (the Sisters Holland?), "weighing together nearly half-a-ton". Printed in Bristol. ].
Date: 1885
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Fat is a feminist issue : the anti-diet guide ; Fat is a feminist issue II : conquering compulsive eating / Susie Orbach.
Susie OrbachDate: 2006
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[Undated handbill (May 1871?) advertising an appearance by Miss C. Heenan, the Great American Prize Lady, weighing 40 stone at the age of 22, at The Universum, 369 Oxford Street, London].
Date: 1871

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[Undated handbill (1885?) advertising an appearance by the Sisters Holland, "together weighing nearly half-a-ton. Printed in Leicester. ].

[Undated Victorian handbill advertising Mrs. E. Farmer, of Wantage, Berkshire, "the largest woman in existence" weighing 24 stone, on exhibition at 194 The Strand, London].

Fat -- a fate worse than death? : women, weight, and appearance / Ruth Raymond Thone.

You have the right to remain fat / Virgie Tovar.

Fattily ever after / Stephanie Yeboah.

Fat, pretty and soon to be old : a makeover for self and society / Kimberly Dark.

An obese woman getting up off the ground: three series. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

What have you got to lose? : the great weight debate and how to diet successfully / Shelley Bovey.

An obese woman walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The fat Jesus : feminist explorations in boundaries and transgressions / Lisa Isherwood.

Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia / Sabrina Strings.

The great American Prize Lady Miss C. Heenan with her four prize presentation cups : now exhibiting for a short time only at 122, Fleet St, London.

Now exhibiting for a short time, at 122, Fleet Street, City, opposite Punch's office : Just arrived from America the greatest wonder of the world. The great American prize lady, Miss C. Heenan ... heaviest female living, weighing 40 stone ...

[Undated handbill (1885?) advertising an appearance by Barnum's Boston Prize ladies (the Sisters Holland?), "weighing together nearly half-a-ton". Printed in Bristol. ].

Fat is a feminist issue : the anti-diet guide ; Fat is a feminist issue II : conquering compulsive eating / Susie Orbach.

[Undated handbill (May 1871?) advertising an appearance by Miss C. Heenan, the Great American Prize Lady, weighing 40 stone at the age of 22, at The Universum, 369 Oxford Street, London].