Gift link to my latest history article for the Chicago Tribune:
The days of ‘beach censors’
Chicago ordinance once forced female swimmers into cumbersome ‘bathing dresses’
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/10/v...
www.chicagotribune.com
By 1911, critics were complaining about rowdy behavior and “scantily clad bathers” at Chicago beaches.
