This beautifully illustrated history traces the shifting roles of women over the 20th century through the era's most iconic dresses. Soldiers marched in skirts; the Civil Rights heroines took a stand in skirts. Georgia O'Keeffe revolutionized modern art and Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes in skirts. When NASA put a man on the moon, "the computer wore a skirt," in the words of mathematician Katherine G. Johnson. It's both an authoritative work and a fun romp through fashion.