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Handicapped Fashion Designs Spotlight Inclusive Wear
The Associated Press reports on the "Fashion Designs for the Handicapped" contest co sponsored by the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Winners include Mrs. Robert Martel Edgely N D and others who created adaptable garments with features like hooked hems hidden front zippers Velcro fasteners and easy closing plackets. The design aims to ease dressing and mobility for disabled individuals and showcase deformity of prosthesis while highlighting practical tailoring innovations. Maria Hester Monroe the first daughter of a president married in the White House in 1820 to Samuel Gouverneur is noted.
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Associated Press
General Federation of Women's Clubs
President’s Committee On Employment of the Handicapped
Mary Stew
Robert Martel
Manchester
N.H
Robert Gagne
Meriden