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VEN THE MOST CASUAL HISTORIAN recognizes that women’s swimwear became increasingly revealing, form fitting, and risqué during the 20th century, as women’s rights and roles in society advanced. These fashions are represented in art, media, popular culture, and even in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s collection of more than 70,000 Bay-related objects.