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'Who Wear the Pants?' Women -- By Court Okay
Helen Hulick Beebe walked into the courtroom wearing slacks. She wasn't doing so to make any kind of statement. Rather, the comfortable pants were simply part of her daily work attire as a kindergarten teacher in Los Angeles, CA.
But this was 1938. And when Helen took the witness stand to testify in a burglary case against two men who had broken into her home, the judge commented on her slacks. He told her to come back the following court day wearing a dress.
As she told reporters at the time, “Listen, I’ve worn slacks since I was 15. I don’t own a dress except a formal. If he wants me to appear in a formal gown that’s okay with me. I’ll come back in slacks and if he puts me in jail I hope it will help to free women forever of anti-slackism.”
She arrived the next day wearing her pants again. To which the judge said,
Click on headline above to read what the judge had to say.
Helen Hulick Beebe walked into the courtroom wearing slacks. She wasn't doing so to make any kind of statement. Rather, the comfortable pants were simply part of her daily work attire as a kindergarten teacher in Los Angeles, CA.
But this was 1938. And when Helen took the witness stand to testify in a burglary case against two men who had broken into her home, the judge commented on her slacks. He told her to come back the following court day wearing a dress.
As she told reporters at the time, “Listen, I’ve worn slacks since I was 15. I don’t own a dress except a formal. If he wants me to appear in a formal gown that’s okay with me. I’ll come back in slacks and if he puts me in jail I hope it will help to free women forever of anti-slackism.”
She arrived the next day wearing her pants again. To which the judge said,
Click on headline above to read what the judge had to say.
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