When did women first start to shave their legs?

They started shavin their pubic hair around 1912.

Actually, most women started shaving their pubic region during the 1980's. Porn had a big influence . Porn producer's thought if women shaved, we could see that area without hair and it would be even more erotic.

It slowly changed into the idea that if one didn't shave down there, you were dirty and un-kept.This idea has become wildly accepted in the west and shaving is practiced by both men and women.