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Women Diplomatic Circles Debate Beauty and Suffrage
A State Leader’s Page surveys women’s views on beauty across New York London and Paris, noting Margot Asquith’s claim of enduring beauty and comparing era standards. In Washington, embassy wives discuss suffrage, with Mrs Craigie praising it in England and detailing complex nationalities around marriage and citizenship.
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London
Paris
New York
Margot Teenant Aasquith
Wice
England
Mia Asquith
America
Stanlaws
Penrhyn Blanlaws
Paramount Pictures
Venus de Milo
Fifth Avenue
Gena
Helen of Prey
Athens
Rubens
Gainsborough
Venus
Lily Langtry
Lady Brooke
Lillian Russell
Washington
Lawa
Robert Lessie “Craigie
Craigie
Pleasant H. Stovall
Savannah, Co
Switzerland
Mrs
Elizabeth Hyde Birwent
Jose Sirvent
Spain
Michigan
Argentina
Marie Renepmayo
Bolivia
Ait
Belgium
Madame Crowbrugge
Rodgers Nielsen
Legation
Denmark
Madame Benklevaky
Russ
Kerensky Ragine
Madame Benklevsky
Alain