The History of Showering

Today In History: John Winthrop

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts, used the metaphor City on a Hill." He advised the colonists to be a model community, as the whole world was watching them. Even when they showered. Especially when they showered.

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Life Before Showers

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

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We just came across an excerpt in The Times from a book called The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History, which made us think of you, dear readers, be...

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