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Moscow
"Sometimes the girls kiss each other in Moscow. But it's only between times." Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection.
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Miss Mannish
"Miss Mannish. Do you suppose that mannish clothes and Turkish cigarette make you a prize in young men's eyes? No, no, not soon, nor yet! Leave all such joys to college boys. Get girlish, or too late. You'll find that men choose girl…
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Feministe
"Feministe" Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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The Mannish Female
"Male airs and garments cannot hide her lack of womanly grace. They but more conspicuous make the extreme plainness of her face. She's but a caricature of man. And as a woman a scary specimen." Postcard from Marshall Weeks…
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The Masculine Woman
"The Masculine Woman. She is mannish from her shoes to her hat, coat, collars, stiff shirt, and cravat. She'd wear pants in the street, to make her complete. But she knows this law won't stand for that." On the back:…
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Flossie
"'You ought to have been a man, Flossie!' 'So ought you!'" Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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The Comfortable American Tourist
"The Comfortable American Tourist." Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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Masculine, Independent Young 'ussies
"I don't know what they're coming to these days. Masculine Independent young 'ussies, I calls 'em. You and me was always the fluffy clingin' sort." Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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Hush, Pa!
"'I don't like this young man coming here so often!' 'Hush, Pa! - It's not a man!'" Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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Girls Will Be Boys
"Girls Will be Boys, You Know." !920s. On the back: "No. 739 Flappers. 12 Designs. Made in U.S.A." Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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The Sublime and the Ridiculous
"The Sublime and the Ridiculous. 'Women up to Date.'" Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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Nix Lady Nix
"Ps-s-s-t. Nix Lady Nix! You're not my kind of Valentine!" The Gibson Art Company, Cincinnati, published 1908-1920. Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection.
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Me and My Boyfriend, My Boyfriend and Me
"Me and My Boyfriend, My Boyfriend and Me, There isn't much different between us, but he wears his Hair and his Skirts a bit longer then me." Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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Which is the Rooster
"With Masculine Women, and Feminine Men, Which is the Rooster, and which is the Hen." Postcard from Marshall Weeks collection
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Postcards of Masculine Women and Feminine Men from the Early Twentieth Century, by Marshall Weeks and Jonathan Ned Katz
Postcards collected by Marshall Weeks and dating to the early twentieth-century present satirical images of women who wore "mannish" shoes, shirts, collars, ties, and coats, who smoked, went to bars, and who moved independently in the…
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Armed Forces Day
San Francisco rally, 1966
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Old West
Men dancing together
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Cross Dressing
Unidentified women dressed as men
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Teaching "Straight" Gay and Lesbian History (2007), by Nancy C. Unger
This essay, which reflects on teaching gay and lesbian history at San Francisco State University and Santa Clara University, was first published in The Journal of American History 93, no. 4 (March 2007): 1192-1199. Copyright Organization of American…
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Hirschfeld
Invitation to a Lecture given by Magnus Hirschfield at the Dill Pickle Club in 1931. Hirschfeld’s lecture at the Dill Pickle Club in 1931 was said to have drawn a record-breaking crowd of over 300. (Newberry Library: Dill Pickle Club Records).…