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A recent study by Anytime Fitness showed that more than 70 percent of Americans would rather go to the dentist, do taxes or sit in the middle seat of an airplane than go shopping for a swimsuit. Agree or disagree? I just got back from Laguna Beach, California, which explains why bathing suits are very much on my mind this week. Young and the not-so-young alike wore the teeniest, tiniest of bikinis everywhere, even in restaurants and on trams. As a mother, I was tempted to pull my husband’s…

Perhaps the 1940 United States Census can clear up matters: Mildred Davenport was born in 1921 in Newberry, South Carolina and was residing in Norristown, Norristown Borough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania with her parents, William and Julia, and five siblings, including Horace and Catherine (spelled "Kathryn" in a Jet article).  Each member of the family is identified as "Negro" (race) and "African American" (ethnicity). Dorothy Malone, Cowgirl Vintage, Vintage Western Wear, Pin Up Vintage, Into The West, Wilde Westen, Vintage Cowgirl, Cowboys And Indians, Western Aesthetic

Acquanetta was born Mildred Davenport on July 17, 1921, and, depending on your source, was of either black or American Indian origin. A few writers have claimed she was Cheyenne Indian; possibly they're confusing this with reports of her being from Cheyenne, Wyoming, or having been born in Ozone, near Cheyenne. However, by most accounts she was born on an Indian reservation and raised in Norristown, Pennsylvania. These conflicting reports may be due to the possibility that she had both black…

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