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Brooklyn Eagle * Home Front

The War On
Women In Trousers

• Brooklyn Eagle, 1942 •


In 1942, the reasons for despising Global Fascism were many and myriad but the woman who penned this editorial hated Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo for a reason that was all her own: Gertie McAllister hated them because they put women in pants. Indeed, she got-all-bent-up-out-of-shape on the matter and provided eight (8) reasons as to why women should abstain.


No doubt, This news article sent her to bed for weeks…


Ol’ Gertie would certainly have approved of this W.W. I cartoon…

AND she hated military influence on feminine fashions as well…


You can read about another one woman crusade here


Click here to read more about fashion during the Second World War.

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1940s article about women in pants1940s argument about pants on women

The War OnWomen In Trousers

The War OnWomen In Trousers

1940s article about women in pants1940s argument about pants on women
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