1902 Trading Cards Imagine The 'women Of The Future'

Laura Hudson, Boing Boing
Thu, 10/01/2015 - 12:21pm

Way back in 1902, a French manufacturer released a set of trading cards designed by artist Albert Bergeret that imagined the "women of the future." The cards envisioned women stepping into roles that would have seemed fantastical to most ladies at the time: doctor, lawyer, politician, firefighter, even members of the military. Although there's a pin-up quality to many of the images—they're showing an awful lot of arm, after all—there's something charming about this retrofuturistic attempt to expand the role of women in society, even if it was nothing but fantasy at the time.

Topics: french albert bergeret lawyer journalist master arms general mayor firefighter check imagine trading cards women of the future fantasy society role world time

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