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The Umbrella’s Scandalous History | Object Histories
Real men didn’t carry umbrellas. For most of history, that wasn’t a joke, it was the rule. From royal Assyrian sunshades and Chinese oiled-paper rain umbrellas, to 2,000 years of feminine stigma, one Englishman who endured 30 years of public mockery just to carry one, and the steel-ribbed redesign that finally made it ordinary —…