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SUMMARY:Nylon Riots
DESCRIPTION:\r\nThe Nylon Riots of August 22, 1945 ( eight days after 
 V.J. Day )\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day\r\n
 \r\nThe riots occurred between August 1945 and March 1946, when wartim
 e manufacturing switched to nylon stockings at the same time a promoti
 onal campaign was launched.\r\n\r\nIn one of the worst disturbances, i
 n Pittsburgh, 40,000 women queued up for 13,000 pairs of stockings, le
 ading to fights breaking out. It took several months before Du Pont ra
 mped up production to meet demand\r\n\r\nThroughout the war, Nylon sto
 ckings were on the black market and sold for $20 a pair. Women unable 
 to get them resorted to lotions, creams, and painting seam lines down 
 their legs to give the illusion of nylons.\r\n\r\nGeorge Marion, Jr. a
 nd Fats Waller's song \"When the Nylons Bloom Again\" captured the wis
 tful sentiments of American women.\r\n\r\n-==-\r\n\r\nThe Patent for N
 ylon \r\n\r\n( The DuPont Experimental Station is on Rte 141 off of Rt
 e 202 near the Hagley Powder Works where the DuPont Company was founde
 d. )\r\n\r\nThe first nylon was produced February 28, 1935 by Wallace 
 Hume Carothers, who obtained a patent in September 1938 and died 16 mo
 nths before the announcement of nylon and never saw his success\r\n\r\
 nIts Uses\r\n\r\nNylon was first used in nylon-bristled toothbrushes i
 n 1938, followed by women's stockings or \"nylons\" - first shown at t
 he 1939 New York World's Fair and sold commercially in 1940. During Wo
 rld War II, almost all nylon production was diverted to the military f
 or use in parachutes and parachute cord.\r\n\r\nDuPont emphasizing tha
 t nylon was made from \"coal, air and water\". Nylon was marketed as t
 he durable and indestructible material, and sold at twice the price of
  silk stockings.\r\n\r\nActual nylon stockings were shipped until May 
 15, 1940. A limited number released in Delaware at the first public sa
 le of 4,000 nylon stockings occurred on October 24, 1939, in Wilmingto
 n which were sold within three hours.\r\n\r\nIn the mid-1940s, classic
 al guitarist Andrés Segovia mentioned the shortage of guitar strings 
 to a number of foreign diplomats at a party. A General Lindeman of the
  British Embassy presented some nylon strings which he had obtained. N
 ylon strings were first tried on stage in January, 1944.\r\n\r\nTwiste
 d in the News\r\n\r\n\r\nEarly excitement over nylon fueled expectatio
 ns that nylon was better than silk and a miracle fabric as strong as s
 teel. DuPont executives marketing nylon did not at first realize that 
 consumers experienced a sense of distrust towards synthetic fabrics.\r
 \n\r\nA particularly damaging news story, drawing on DuPont's 1938 pat
 ent for the new polymer, suggested that one method of producing nylon 
 might be to use cadaverine (pentamethylenediamine), a chemical extract
 ed from corpses. Although scientists asserted that cadaverine was also
  extracted by heating coal, the public often refused to listen.\r\n\r\
 nUnder some conditions stockings could decompose turning back into nyl
 on's original components of air, coal, and water. Scientists explained
  this as a result of air pollution, attributing it to London smog in 1
 952, as well as poor air quality in New York and Los Angeles.\r\n\r\nN
 ylons are hygroscopic and will absorb moisture as a function of the am
 bient humidity. Variations in moisture content have several effects - 
 the dimensions will change and moisture acts as a plasticizer, lowerin
 g the glass transition temperature and elasticity.\r\n/p>\r\nhttps://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon\r\n\n\nFor more information visit http://ww
 w.agilephilly.com/events/nylon-riots
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20200822T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20200822T235900
CATEGORIES:historical, marker, nylon
LOCATION:Wilmington DE
WEBSITE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon
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