31 Things Women Used To Have To Do In Skirts That'll Make You Say "Nah"
Climbing mountains in a full-length skirt seems extremely safe!!!!
1. Fight fires:
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(Click the photos to enlarge/see these badass women in action!)
2. Climb mountains:
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BECAUSE WALKING BETWEEN ICY MOUNTAINS ON A LADDER IN A DRESS DEFINITELY SEEMS SAFE.
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3. Patrol the nation's parks:
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Fun* fact: female US park rangers weren't authorized to wear the same uniform as men until 1978.
*lolsob
5. Work in factories:
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6. Ice fish for crabs:
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7. Duel:
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8. Bring in crops:
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As if being a sharecropper in the Jim Crow South wasn't bad enough.
9. Swim:
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JUST A CHILL DAY ON THE BEACH:
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Like, I would drown, but OK:
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10. Tend to soldiers on the front lines during war:
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11. Tend to patients in the hospital any old time:
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12. Dissect cadavers:
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13. Ride a bike:
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...on...ice???
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14. Ski:
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15. Fall while skiing:
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(And then somehow get up? Maybe? Or maybe she just died there, which is what I would have done?)
16. Ride horses:
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Sidesaddle FTW!!!!
17. Hop over streams:
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18. Shoot guns:
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19. Do woodworking and carpentry:
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20. Play basketball:
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21. And baseball:
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Because, sure, this is the kind of outfit you could easily squat behind home plate in:
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22. Sword fight:
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23. Compete in Olympic archery:
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24. Serve time in prison:
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Another (not actually) fun fact: In 1938 a California woman was sent to prison for defying a judge's order and appearing in court in pants!
25. Serve in the military:
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26. Jump rope:
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27. Uh...participate in gym class:
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28. Attend high school/try to prevent other women from attending high school:
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29. Attend lab class:
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30. Be on the floor of the US Senate:
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Women weren't allowed to wear pants on the floor of the US Senate until 1993. NINETEEN-NINETY-THREE! (And only then because a group of female senators defied the rules and just did the damn thing.)
31. March for basic human rights:
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