[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hair Straightening"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hair straightening (OED 1898)

1860 Oconomowoc (Wis.) Free Press 19 Jan. 1 / 4 (Newspapers.com)

A whole bevy of negroes, old and young, male and female ... undergoing a regular process of whitewashing and hair straightening.

Fred Shapiro

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