Downstream

most women were still
wearing corsets, sleeves and a
hat. She was charged with
public indecency in what may
well have been a cleverly
orchestrated publicity stunt.
During her court appearance
she said it was more criminal
for women to have to wear so
many clothes in the water;
they would never learn to
swim and they had a greater
chance of drowning. The
judge allowed her to wear her