Now there's a woman who deserves a film making about her! An exciting life.
Do you know any resources on the process of unbinding feet? I know it was occasionally done, but not how or how successfully (though I came across a fascinating community example in an article, about a certain type of agricultural labour needing more people, and women could do it, but not with bound feet, so there was suddenly an economic incentive to stop).
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Date: 2024-12-21 09:42 am (UTC)Do you know any resources on the process of unbinding feet? I know it was occasionally done, but not how or how successfully (though I came across a fascinating community example in an article, about a certain type of agricultural labour needing more people, and women could do it, but not with bound feet, so there was suddenly an economic incentive to stop).
I hope you're feeling better now.