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janterry

(4,429 posts)
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 07:49 AM Feb 2021

The Real Ice Queens

Can’t bear the winter cold anymore? Consider for a moment, this photograph of a woman climbing a glacier in a billowing Victorian skirt. As it turns out, there were more than a few females who braved the ice in petticoats and traversed the world’s harshest environments at a time when wearing trousers was still a serious scandal for a lady. Decades before women even had the right to vote, we were climbing to the top of the highest mountain in Europe and exploring the arctic. So if like me, you’re feeling a little sorry for yourself with your runny nose and thermal layers, it’s time to toughen up as we meet history’s true ice queens

(follow the link for amazing pictures)


https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/02/27/the-real-ice-queens-women-who-the-conquered-the-cold-wearing-corsets/?utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekend+Conversation+Starters&utm_content=Weekend+Conversation+Starters

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janterry

(4,429 posts)
3. I think she has dug her heels into the snow
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 08:33 AM
Feb 2021

for security.

(Those are terrible hiking shoes, lol!)

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
2. A-maaaazing. But not surprising, really...
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 08:28 AM
Feb 2021

and it reminds me in a much more relatable way...
A quote about Fred Astaire:
'Sure he was great, but dont forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did…backwards and in high heels.’
(Cartoonist Bob Thaves)

efhmc

(15,037 posts)
6. I have absolutely have no problem with those layers during the cold. It's the idea of wearing them
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 05:09 PM
Mar 2021

in the Texas heat that sends me screaming.

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