HIGHLIGHTS • The History & Power of Hairdressing w/ Elizabeth Block
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Art & Cultural Historian @elizabethlblock joins us to discuss the rise of the hair industry in America.
Her book, 'Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing shares the diverse history of women's hair in the 19th & 20th century.
We delve into the examples of hair care and beauty practices back then, as well as explore the evolution of hair products, the rise of beauty salons, and the myths surrounding hair care routines.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the highlights of the full episode. |
| 0:08.7 | Hey, Hairgamer's Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. |
| 0:12.9 | Happy New Year to you. |
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| 1:13.8 | All right. |
| 1:15.8 | On to our episode with Elizabeth Block. |
| 1:34.3 | Oftentimes when I'm watching a period movie that is set within that range of time, the mid-19th century, let's say post-Civil War, like you said. I often think as I'm watching scenes, recognizing that not everybody had plumbing, right? |
| 1:42.3 | Is that, when did plumbing, now in major cities, New York City, Manhattan, maybe there was |
| 1:49.9 | internal plumbing like we know it today, but in many places there wasn't plumbing, right? |
| 1:56.8 | There was a well. |
| 1:58.5 | Yeah. |
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