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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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    Dang that is a kick-butt woman.

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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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