Any woman caught in violation would be fined $50 or more. Later in 1910, Chicago’s city council debated an ordinance that banned hat pins, which were longer than 9 inches. Further, in New York, several female factory workers attacked police officers who arrested their friends for making anarchistic speeches. A New York streetcar passenger felt pain behind his ear, and within a week, fell into the coma and died. Unfortunately, this hatpin attack led to several lives. A 19- year old girl thrust her hatpin to her boyfriend and pierced his heart. People stopped arguing with suffragists and did not object to the change in women’s role, and preferred their mode of self-defense. Slowly, the communities accepted female dependence and recognized their efforts.Ī social worker Jane Addams said, “Never before in civilization have such numbers of young girls been suddenly released from the protection of the home and permitted to walk unattended upon city streets and to work under alien roofs.” Women’s Changing Role in Society and Mode of Self-Defense Also, women who used hatpins as a self-defense weapon were considered as heroes. Such stories encouraged women to fight against harassers. Louis' school teacher became famous after she attacked her predator with her hatpin. Another case was of a Chicago showgirl who beat a man in his face after he asked insulting questions. One case was about a woman who became the victim of a man who wanted to see her home. Later, newspapers from around the world reported similar incidents. She added- “I’ve heard about Broadway mashers and ‘L’ mashers, but I didn’t know Fifth Avenue had a particular brand of its own… If New York women will tolerate mashing, Kansas girls will not.” She said in a leading newspaper, “He was such a nice-looking, old gentleman. He cried out of the pain and left the stagecoach at the next stop. She then lifted her arm to take the hatpin and plunged it into the Man’s Arm. The man came closer to her and started touching her. Suddenly, the stagecoach jumped and tossed the passengers on one another.
He looked like a kind and disciplined man.
She saw a man getting close to her and constantly watching her. It was on when Leoti Blaker, a beautiful damsel, touring New York City boarded a Fifth Avenue stagecoach at 23rd street and settled in for the ride.
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