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

To protect themselves from unwanted advances, city women protected themselves with some sharp accessories

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

Self defence poster for women in 1906. Edit: Thanks to Oliver Ashmore who detailed that the woman in the poster is Jujitsu master and suffragette, Edith Garrud. - Snapshots of History - Quora

Hatpins: Part II – a dangerous weapon – navette jewellery

Discretion – The Handbook of Heroes

Tunay Na Mahal: Historical Series: (#4) Photograph Postcards from the early 1900's

REFLECTION: Sharp little things: On Elizabeth Zvonar's Knock on Wood + Whistle by April Thompson - SFU Galleries - Simon Fraser University

Ulysses Historical Society - From the museum archives: A collection of hat pins. These dangerous-looking decorations became popular in the 1880s when bonnets began to be replaced by hats as fashionable ladies

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

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Century Magazine, Vol. LXXXVI, No. 4, August, 1913, by Various.

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