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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[vilakins]

Yes, that. It happened here too, and the 50s were so much worse for woman than the 20s and 30s and lacked the heady hope of the earlier times. OTOH WW1 changed attitudes and even clothing (to much freer styles).