Girls show up in slacks at Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn, NY, in protest because a classmate, Beverly Bernstein, was suspended the day before for wearing slacks. 1942
They also circulated a petition, stating that girls should be allowed to wear pants because “they are better than skirts in the event of an air raid” and to “conserve silk stockings.”
Boys signed the petition as well, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The next day, the Eagle reported that Lincoln’s longtime principal decided that although he disapproved of slacks on girls, “if the girls wear them, we won’t get excited about it.”
marshmeeelo on August 13rd, 2019 at 00:05 UTC »
Loving your man at the far right in the hat. I want to know what's up with him.
notbob1959 on August 13rd, 2019 at 00:28 UTC »
They also circulated a petition, stating that girls should be allowed to wear pants because “they are better than skirts in the event of an air raid” and to “conserve silk stockings.”
Boys signed the petition as well, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The next day, the Eagle reported that Lincoln’s longtime principal decided that although he disapproved of slacks on girls, “if the girls wear them, we won’t get excited about it.”
creatively41 on August 13rd, 2019 at 00:39 UTC »
This is awesome, my grandmother graduated from that school just a couple years before this!