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Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedal. They recommended slipping bromide-which was thought to diminish sexual desire-into the women's drinking water.
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Boston, Mass.
1890-1901
Chico State Normal School, Art and Music Teacher
Nov. 28, 1892
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Chico State Normal School Science Professor 1889-1901
September 21, 1893
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Amy (Aimee?)
Jones
Dean of Women
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Reading and English)
ca 1903
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