I think it's the uniform

[kindkit]

Rotha Lintorn-Orman, driver with the Women's Reserve Ambulance during the First World War and founder in 1923 of the British Fascisti, the first fascist party in the UK. Disturbingly hot.




I found this picture in a really interesting article about Mary Richardson, a militant suffragette in early 20th century and a fascist supporter by the 1930s.

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[tree_and_leaf]

It's the coat. And the hair. And probably also the cheek-bones and the jawline...

[kindkit]

*nods* For me it's the androgyny, which is a cumulative effect of her very strong face, her hair, her clothes, and her stance. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't sometimes like uniforms very much!

[tree_and_leaf]

But yes, she is disturbingly hot.