That same year, the US Surgeon General warned that women’s smoking caused nervousness, insomnia and “ruined the complexion” — a medical admonition framed through the lens of feminine vanity. In a theocracy that polices women’s bodies and behaviours, public smoking by women is itself transgressive. “The Smoking Feminist”Today in feminist history: Women deserve to smoke in public too (March 27, 1922). Today in Feminist History: Women Deserve to Smoke in Public Too! Doing and undoing femininities: An intersectional analysis of young women’s smoking.
