'The Good Earth'
Oprah's Book Club | January 01, 2006
Photo courtesy of Library of Congress
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For 1,000 years, it is estimated over 4 and a half billion Chinese women endured this torturous practice. Footbinding was finally outlawed in China in 1911, but it has not completely faded from the culture. Chinese women from older generations can still be seen with bound feet. |
