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  2. Mary Welch - Wikipedia

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    Welch appeared in a few episodes of TV dramas in the 1950s, and in one notable movie role. In Park Row (1952), written and directed by Samuel Fuller, Welch plays the tough newspaper publisher who is the main character's rival... and then romantic interest. In his autobiography, Fuller said of Mary Welch, "She was a beautiful, self-possessed ...

  3. Carol Yager - Wikipedia

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    Carol Ann Yager (January 26, 1960 – July 18, 1994) was an American woman who was the heaviest woman ever recorded and one of the most severely obese people in history. Weight Published reports said Yager's peak weight was about 1,603 lb (727 kg; 114.5 st). [ 1 ]

  4. Rosalie Bradford - Wikipedia

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    Eventually she got some more outside help from a physiotherapist and soon her weight dropped to 500 pounds (230 kg), a total weight loss of 553 pounds (251 kg). Bradford persisted with her weight-loss plan [ 5 ] and eventually reduced her weight to 283 pounds (128 kg), claiming a total weight loss of 917 pounds (416 kg). [ 6 ]

  5. Women in the United States labor force from 1945 to 1950

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    The table below shows a breakdown by sector of jobs held by women in 1940 and 1950. Women overwhelmingly worked in jobs segmented by sex. Women were still highly employed as textile workers and domestic servants, but the clerical and service field greatly expanded. This tertiary sector was more socially acceptable, and many more educated women ...

  6. My Unconventional Life: This woman lives every day like ... - AOL

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    "I really honed in on the 1950s because of my grandparents," Fay explained to AOL Lifestyle. "They got married in 1955 and her [grandmother's] stories...just made it sound like the best time ever."

  7. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    Women in Columbus, Ohio, gain the right to go topless. [269] The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act requires the United States Sentencing Commission to increase the penalties for hate crimes committed on the basis of the actual or perceived gender, race, color, religion, national origin, or ethnicity of any person.

  8. Iskra Lawrence shares side-by-side photos of herself before ...

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    Iskra Lawrence wants you to know you're more than the number on the scale. The British model and body acceptance activist took to Instagram Tuesday to share side-by-side photos of herself in 2015 ...

  9. History of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Women, many of whom were married, took a variety of paid jobs in a multitude of vocational jobs, many of which were previously exclusive to men. The greatest wartime gain in female employment was in the manufacturing industry, where more than 2.5 million additional women represented an increase of 140 percent by 1944. [249]