What’s the connection between bathing suits and women’s right to vote? Join organizers at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, as Carrie Moon-Dupree, director of development for the League of Women Voters ...

CAPITOLA — Being a seaside town, Capitola has attracted many to its beaches over the last century and a half, and among many changes over the years have been the types of swimsuits worn by beachgoers.

In the early 1800s, the first swimsuits for women were known as “bathing costumes” — modest, full-coverage garments designed more for decency than comfort or function. As time went on, swimwear ...