Lessons of the Bearded Lady
Madame Clofullia was judged by what she said, not how she looked.
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Missouri Historical Museum The Racially Fraught History of the American Beard
“Washes and razors for foofoos," scoffed Walt Whitman. But the story of 19th-century facial hair is more tangled than modern nostalgists may realize.
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