I recently learned about the fable of the Queen of Sheba’s hairy legs and Solomon’s reaction to them, which surprised me.
The luxury of hair removal seems like too much of a time wasting privilege for pre-modern times when everything took a lot more work and time, before modern technology innovations that can shift priorities to such a superficial standard like hairless legs for women.
Before this story, I thought that hair removal was mostly limited and for parasite prevention.
So it makes me curious, how common was hair removal for ancient women?
As you can see u/King_of_Men has recommended earlier answers about women's hair removal in mediaeval and modern times, but I can add some more about more ancient eras. In this answer u/Bentresh has written about hygiene and self-grooming in Ancient Egypt, including shaving. You can also read here about body hair removal in Ancient Rome, as described by u/Celebreth
There's usually more to say, but while you wait, perhaps this previous answer by /u/chocolatepot and this one by /u/sunagainstgold will interest you.