In 1921, a bather in Atlantic City, New Jersey was arrested for wearing her stockings rolled below her knees and refusing to pull them up. She retaliated during her arrest by punching the officer in the eye. A 1921 Hawaiian law was enacted that no one over 14 years of age could appear in a swimsuit unless "covered suitably by an outer garment reaching at least to the knees." Women began to wear towels around their waists or wrap raincoats around themselves. http://mashable.com/2015/05/27/swimsuit-police/#Dz2oxR2w7gq6 1921 Chicago policewomen checking for violations of the bathing suit-length laws IMAGE: BETTMANN/CORBIS http://mashable.com/2015/05/27/swimsuit-police/#Dz2oxR2w7gq6 July 12, 1922 In Chicago, Illinois, a woman is being arrested for defying a Chicago edict banning "abbreviated bathing suits" on beaches. IMAGE: BETTMANN/CORBIS http://mashable.com/2015/05/27/swimsuit-police/#Dz2oxR2w7gq6 April 1922 Chicago, Illinois - Two bathers being escorted off the beach by a police woman http://mashable.com/2015/05/27/swimsuit-police/#Dz2oxR2w7gq6 1920's Eva Fridell winner of a beauty contest at Washington bathing beach Washington DC, 5th august 1922. “Smokey” Buchanan from the West Palm Beach police force, measuring the bathing suit of Betty Fringle on Palm Beach, to ensure that it conforms Women found to be breaking the rules were either asked to leave the beach or made to cover up.. Policemen measure a woman in a bathing suit, circa 1920.
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