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.
When talking about whether or not talcum powder is linked to cancer, it is important to distinguish between talc that contains asbestos and talc that is asbestos-free. Talc that has asbestos is generally accepted as being able to cause cancer if it is inhaled. This type of talc is not used in modern consumer products. Whether people who have long-term exposure to natural talc fibers at work, such as talc miners, are at higher risk of lung cancer from breathing them in. 2  Whether women who apply talcum powder regularly in the genital area have an increased risk of ovarian cancer.