Why Hat Making was Lethal
This episode is Sponsored by Wix! Support the Simple History channel by going to: https://www.wix.com/go/simplehistory When you think of a dangerous job in history - you might think of a soldier or a plague doctor. You would not think that hat making would be so dangerous... Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Christian H. Miles www.christianhmiles.co.uk Sources / reference: Gamber, W. (1992). A precarious independence: Milliners and dressmakers in Boston, 1860-1890. Journal of Women s history, 4(1), 60-88. A Brief History of Millinery. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.torbandreiner.com/MillineryMaterials/history-of-millinery Anderson, D. (2017, June 22). The incredible story of how hatmakers really did go mad 300 years ago. Retrieved from Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/mad-hatter-hatmakers-mercury-poisoning-alice-wonderland-2017-6 Foulds, A. (2018, October 7). Horrible Health and Safety Histories: Erethism or Mad Hatter Syndrome . Retrieved from Amalgamate: http://www.amalgamate-safety.com/2018/07/10/horrible-health-and-safety-histories-erethism-or-mad-hatter-syndrome/ Little, B. (2016, October 17). Killer Clothing Was All the Rage In the 19th Century. Retrieved from National Geographic: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/dress-hat-fashion-clothing-mercury-arsenic-poison-history/ Mad as a Hatter. (2019). Retrieved from Corrosion Doctors: http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Elements-Toxic/Mercury-mad-hatter.htm
