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This bookmark is from the manufacturer of these kid gloves, most likely issued in the 1950s. After World War II, women, who had been working in industries formerly reserved for me, such as munitions factories, were encouraged by dress designers and society to go back to "being women." They were put into girdles, dresses with tightly belted waits and wide skirts, hose, and gloves. No proper woman went "downtown" to do her shopping without being properly dressed, and properly dressed always meant gloves. Submitted by Lauren Roberts.