A Trove on the Womenâs Suffrage Struggle, Found in an Old Box. Isabella Beecher Hooker, left, and Susan B. Anthony. A cache of letters to Hooker from Anthony and other womenâs suffragists has been discovered. It was 1874, a challenging year for Susan B. Anthony and the womenâs suffrage movement. She had been convicted of illegally voting in Rochester, her hometown, and activists were split over the best way to push the movement forward. On April 9, Anthony wrote to a fellow activist named Isabella Beecher Hooker, looking ahead to better days.
Definition of 'talcum powder'. Word Frequency. talcum powder (tÃ¦lkÉm paÊdÉÊ³ ) uncountable noun. Talcum powder is fine powder with a pleasant smell which people put on their bodies after they have had a bath or a shower.
Baby powder is an astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash, as a deodorant, and for other cosmetic uses. It may be composed of talc (in which case it is also called talcum powder) or corn starch. Talcum powder is dangerous if inhaled since it may cause aspiration pneumonia or granuloma. Drugs such as cocaine are sometimes cut with talcum powder. It is also an ingredient in counterfeit pharmaceuticals and food products as a bulking agent in order to give the appearance of a larger quantity than actually present.