A Redditor with the handle The_Blackfish_ posted high school yearbook pages from the year 1946, and the captions describing the students — particularly the female students — were abysmal. I know that, back then, women were mostly considered beings placed on the Earth to be gawked at, married and procreated with, but seeing comments like that in print really hit the point home for me.
See all of the yearbook pages in the Reddit post here.
Via Distractify | Images: Imgur
http://www.jackcountytexas.info/Misc/images/Yearbooks/Perrin/Perrin1946-0013.jpg
http://saludaalumni.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/yearbook-staff-1948.jpg
http://www.donovankoeberl.com/1947YearbookStaff.jpg
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txnavarr/schools/emhouse_high_school/The_Pirate/1947/Full_Scans/1947_Pirate_Pg047.jpg
Notice anything these yearbook staffs have in common? They're made up of mostly women!
http://www.lepetitemania.com/uploads/1/1/9/0/11901180/9521713_orig.jpg
http://www.sizefabulous.com/2012/07/vintage-ads-pushing-weight-gain.html
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/199232/slide_199232_504774_free.jpg