Ideal, not actual policewoman, Cincinnati, 1909
The reason she was ideal and not actual is that the concept of a female police officer was so foreign to the people of Cincinnati that the local suffragettes felt it necessary to demonstrate what a policewoman would look like.
I kind of want to base a Steampunk outfit off this (Accio, I KNOW, I KNOW, it’s not ACTUALLY ‘proper’ Victorian, don’t hate me XP).
Steampunk! I wish there was an event here that requires people to come up in Steampunk outfits.
