Not all women in the 1920s were flappers. This California-based Chicana gunslinger in pants, button down shirt, and tie is Maria Alatorre (ca. 1925). I love photos like this because they’re visual evidence of the wide range of femininities that have always existed.
Credit: Los Angeles Public Library
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Oh man, that cocky little smile...hand on the hip. Unf.
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********** She makes me want to dress in frilly things and say “take care of me, big strong wummin.”
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as I have for pretty flapper girls,...all things awesome.
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♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Ms. Alatorre, I LOVE YOU.
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