@Edent @slowbikeiain
> Massachusetts passed an act in 1913 regulating the use of hatpins, making it unlawful for any person to wear a hatpin in public longer than one half inch. This was an issue all over the country, as women were using the pins as weapons against those harassing them and some saw the hatpins as a symbol of female empowerment at a time when women’s rights were at the center of politics

S: https://mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2016/03/hatpins-and-cursing.html?m=1