Steve would be very surprised that women wear pants in public places *and nobody notices.*
Marijane Meaker's HIGHSMITH: A ROMANCE OF THE 1950s is an excellent resource for learning what NYC was like for gay women in the 50s, which is past Steve's time but still far enough back to make it a distant planet. Meaker writes about her relationship with the novelist Patricia Highsmith (author of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, among many others), and one of the things that struck me most was that they had to make their lunch dates depending on their clothing, because there were restaurants that refused to serve women who were wearing pants.
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Date: 2012-06-17 04:01 am (UTC)Marijane Meaker's HIGHSMITH: A ROMANCE OF THE 1950s is an excellent resource for learning what NYC was like for gay women in the 50s, which is past Steve's time but still far enough back to make it a distant planet. Meaker writes about her relationship with the novelist Patricia Highsmith (author of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, among many others), and one of the things that struck me most was that they had to make their lunch dates depending on their clothing, because there were restaurants that refused to serve women who were wearing pants.