Women Wearing Pants
Since the adoption of trousers in Western Europe in Late Antiquity, trousers have been largely worn by men and not by women until the early 20th century.
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Famous quotes containing the words women, wearing and/or pants:
“Women hope men will change after marriage but they don’t; men hope women won’t change but they do.”
—Bettina Arndt (20th century)
“Why do you ever mend your clothes, unless that, wearing them, you may mend your ways. Let us sing.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry Miller (1891–1980)