The Women of the Future
March 12, 2012 3:31 PM   Subscribe

The Women of the Future A set of saucy (yet also awesome, and SFW if you don't work in 1902) postcards from Albert Bergeret of Nancy, depicting a future of equal opportunities and racy, sleeveless outfits. Translations under the cut.

Careers from top to bottom, and left to right, although most are pretty self-explanatory:

Pompier - Firefighter
Zouave - Light Infantry
Maitre d'Armes - Fencing Tutor
Étudiant - Student
Docteur - Doctor
Député - Congressman
Maire - Mayor
Avocat - Lawyer
Journaliste - You probably got that one
Cocher - Coachman
Jockey - Well, yes.
Rapin - Art Student
Général - General
Sous-Lieutenant - Second Lieutenant
Sous-Officier - Warrant Officer
Marin - Marine
Petit Tambour - Drummer Boy
Gendarme - Policeman
Garde-Champetre - Ranger
Conscrit - Conscript (literally - she's acting out a tradition where the "conscripts" would promenade in top hats and tails, wearing coloured ribbons according to their age - the modern-day equivalent looks like this.)
posted by running order squabble fest (4 comments total)

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Equal yet feminine, right? Gorgeous photos anyhowzen (the firefighter is particularly hilarious).
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:33 PM on March 12, 2012


Zut!
posted by running order squabble fest at 3:43 PM on March 12, 2012


doubler publier
posted by memebake at 3:43 PM on March 12, 2012


(On the plus side, before this is consigned to oblivion, had I not done this I would never have seen Benito Strauss' comment, which I think actually wins the Internet. Still, frassin rassin search rassin.)
posted by running order squabble fest at 3:47 PM on March 12, 2012


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