This Simple-Looking Item May Confuse Younger Folks, But It Was Genuinely Useful

The high heel pad, often recognized by older generations of women, is a little foam or gel insert that would go into the heel of a shoe. This prevented blistering and made long days or nights more bearable for women’s feet.
The High Heel Pad Changed Lives

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While women of today wear more casual or comfortable footwear our mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers often wore heels, even during a day of tending to household chores, raising children, and long workdays when women entered the workforce.

The High Heel Pad of Yesterday and Today