Women of the Future, 1902

Conscript

Rural Guard

Policeman

Fireman

Drummer Boy

Infantry Soldier

Marine

Non-commissioned Officer

Second Lieutenant

General

Student

Coach driver

Jockey

Master of Arms

Artist

Journalist

Barrister

Doctor

Mayor

Politician

Thank you to Monique and Gerard Léquy and La Boite Verte

7 comments to Women of the Future, 1902

  • KP

    It’s interesting to see that that women of the future will continue to wear corsets. On a more serious note, the fact that these photos were, in a way, explorations of what women could be makes you realize just how little women could do at the turn of the century.

  • Miss Azura

    These are great, though I suspect they were intended at the time as a mickey-take, which our 21st century gaze doesn’t register in the same way. After all, none of the roles portrayed here would bat an eyelid these days, as now women do these jobs all the time.

  • Estelle

    Love the journalist costume, very mad hatter!

  • Ernest Adams

    We should keep in the mind that the trousers and bare arms in these pictures would have been borderline pornographic in 1902. The pictures weren’t just a joke, but a risqué one, at the time.

  • Laura

    Especially the jockey one-oh, my!

  • Ela

    I would use these playing cards for poker games, if existed.

  • eva

    I would love to know how these were marketed, and to whom… :)

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