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Episode 214: Normies and Freaks | Helen Hulick and the Fight to Wear Pants


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Tina and Hillary cover the history of women winning the right to wear pants.

Throughout history gender norms dictated what women could or couldn’t wear. BUT pants are now the norm thanks to women who challenged conventions.

Sources

Tina's Story
All That's Interesting
Meet Helen Hulick, The Woman Who Was Jailed For Wearing Pants To Court--by Marco Margaritoff

City Data Forum

Roane Woman arrested for wearing pants in 1923

LA Times

California Retrospective: In 1938, L.A. woman went to jail for wearing slacks in courtroom

Medium

Two Women Who Were Arrested for Wearing Pants, 80 Years Apart--Marie Kester

NBC News

How drag bans have made clothing a political statement, according to a queer style expert

Snopes

Did a Woman Go To Jail for Wearing Slacks in 1938?--by Nur Ibrahim

Trace

Arrested for Wearing Pants

Wikipedia

Helen Beebe

WRTV Indianapolis

Women given permission to pursue pants 100 years ago--Michael Hartz

Photos

Helen Hulick wearing pants (1938)--from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection via Snopes
Hulick Newspaper Clipping--via Snopes
Hulick in denim prison dress--from UCLA via All That's Interesting

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