When I learned that 19th century women used hatpins for self-defense, I knew I had to have one. : r/WitchesVsPatriarchy

Victorian Umbrella Defense Surpassed Perilous Hatpins

Beware the Mighty Hatpin! Ladies Tea - War from a Feminine

Victorian magazine asking women why they preferred the single life

When men feared 'a resolute woman with a hatpin in her hand

Beware the Mighty Hatpin! Ladies Tea - War from a Feminine

When I learned that 19th century women used hatpins for self

Beware the Mighty Hatpin! Ladies Tea - War from a Feminine

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

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

A woman's work was never done: spinning in medieval art – PLY Magazine