~ Butterick Fashion News, November 1941
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“FOR DEFENSE:
Drive a car - learn how to repair it…
Work for the Red Cross…
Sign up with the Fire Department…
Take a course in first aid…”

~ The Lady’s Annual Register and Housewife’s Memorandum Book for 1838, by Caroline Gilman
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~ The Sewing Manual For Home Decorators, 1943 
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