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...vacuum in his head is held to be preferable to young Master Purity. Roosevelt's rebuke to Lindbergh--even though it does smack somewhat of a teapot tempest--will be loudly cheered by those unfortunate men who do not look as though they worshipped Pure American Motherhood and lived the Clean Life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 2/13/1934 | See Source »

...Mother & Child every Italian editor, by order of onetime Editor Benito Mussolini, devoted most of his paper to Motherhood. Printed everywhere were striking pictures released by the Mothers' National Protective Association. Placing his lens just under mothers' armpits, the Association's cameramen had snapped close up views of many a bonny suckling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Beauties v. Sucklings | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

...those silly doctors admire Mae West but they mustn't tell our daughters that her corseted waist and padded hips are any boon to motherhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1933 | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

...issue of TIME (Oct. 16), I read on p. 34 that the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, meeting in Mil waukee last week, congratulated Mae West for popularizing plump female figures, called her style "a boon to motherhood." Such inconsistency is positively nauseating. When I was a girl, doctors spent a great deal of time warning young girls of the terrible consequences of wearing corsets and pulling in their waists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1933 | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

...issues of semi-Marxist doctrine, therefore "Laguardia's plans reveal a menace to our national institution, and a threat to the cardinal principles of American life." Only an unusual sense of restraint seems to have held back Holy Joe from adding a clarion call to the defense of American motherhood and the sanctity of the flat. No doubt, however, McKee's move took Laguardia by surprise, as it is questionable if he even recollects joining Professor Dewey's party, which intends sweeping to power under a flag of pale cerise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 10/27/1933 | See Source »

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