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Blue Jeans Redefine Campus Style During War Era
Coed students at Coe College break old dress codes embracing blue jeans and plaid shirts as war discipline relaxes rules. Freshmen Charlotte Shanks and Marion Miller, along with Val Habryl and Margaret Chatterton, illustrate fashion shifts with jeans worn even in classrooms.
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Cee
Charlotte Shanks
Nora Springs
Marion Miller
Red Oak
Coe Library
Val Habryl
Park Ridge
Ill
Margaret Chatterton
Evanston
Coe College
Frances Wagner
Wilmette, Ill
Miss Wagner