Corset: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 08, 2026
Invalidated site: International Journal Of Creative Research Thoughts - Evolution of Closet. Mar 07, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at CalPoly - The Corset: Constriction or Liberation? (PDF). Jan 22, 2025
Add new Web site: UCA Research Online - The Corset and the Hijab: Enunciation, Intersubjective, and Dress. Nov 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Cal Poly Humboldt - Freedom of Movement: The Development and Disappearance of the Corset in Succession with Women's Agency, 1860-1920the Corset in Succession with Women's Agency, 1860-1920. Oct 05, 2024
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Rohde Island - Corset. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Woman's Corset, 1810-1820. Nov 21, 2023
Add new Web site: BBC - Culture - The controversial garment that never goes out of fashion. Sep 15, 2023
Add new Web site: International Journal Of Creative Research Thoughts - Evolution of Closet. Jul 31, 2023
Add new Web site: Canada's History - The Ins and Outs of the Corset. Jun 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Evolution of Corset. Feb 18, 2023
Added examples of the adverse health effects caused by wearing a corset. Jul 14, 2016
Changed to indicate that corset-type garments were sometimes called "stays" before the 19th century. Aug 18, 2015
Article revised and updated. Jun 25, 2012
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Corset. Feb 28, 2011
Article revised and updated. Oct 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - Corsets, crinolines and bustles: fashionable Victorian underwear. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Victorias Past - Corset History. Oct 09, 2007
Added new Web site: Original By KAY - A little Corset History -1820 - 1870. Oct 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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