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Carter, Ilise S., 1973- author.

The red menace : how lipstick changed the face of American history / Ilise S. Carter.

Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2021]

v, 197 pages, unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

"In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion. It's a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of our most iconic accessories of gender. This engaging and entertaining history of lipstick in America throughout the twentieth century and into the present will give readers a new view of the little tube's big place in modern America; marching with the Suffragettes, building Fortune 500 businesses, being present at Stonewall, and engineered for space travel"-- Provided by publisher.

Lipstick -- United States -- History.

Lipstick -- Social aspects -- United States.

Women -- United States -- Social life and customs.

How lipstick changed the face of American history

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Red coats of another sort: the colonies to the Civil War -- The rouge badge of courage: the Civil War to the twentieth century -- Speak softly and carry a lip stick: 1900-1918 -- The glossed generation: the 1920s -- In the red: the 1930s -- Beauty is your duty: World War II -- The red menace: the 1950s -- The cosmetic counterculture: the 1960s -- Never mind the lipsticks: the 1970s -- Glossed in space: the 1980s -- Smells like teen lipstick: the 1990s -- The you tube: the new millennium -- Epilogue: Mask and you shall receive.

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