Hatpin Panic - 1900's Women Defending Against Men - Media Chomp

Hat pins were at the center of a debate concerning women's right to exist in public spaces. This became known as the Hatpin Panic.

TIL during the early 1900s, hat pins were used by women for self-defense; Mademoiselle Gelas even wrote a manual advising a combination of jiu-jitsu, hatpin stabbing and umbrella work to fend off

Threatening Style: Clothing Laws and Enforcement from 1880-1930 – Femme Fashion Forward 1880-1930

Before Mace, a Hatpin Was an Unescorted Lady's Best Defense - Atlas Obscura

Seems like men have been living in fear since the 1900s : r/TrollXChromosomes

Hatpin Panic - 1900's Women Defending Against Men - Media Chomp

20th-Century Women Used Hatpins to Protect Themselves from Sexual Deviants and Men Tried to Ban Them, by Alisa Rusu

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The Hatpin Peril Terrorized Men Who Couldn't Handle the 20th-Century Woman, History

Daggers in Their Hair: The Gilded Age Women Who Fought Off Gropers with Deadly Sharp Hatpins

The Hatpin Peril Terrorized Men Who Couldn't Handle the 20th-Century Woman, History

Have You Heard of the Hatpin Panic?, by Chelsea Rose, The Masterpiece