TBT of the Day: These 1902 French Trading Cards Depict 'Women of the Future' Working Normal Jobs, Wearing Wonderful Hats

Boing Boing found this incredible collection of French trading cards from 1902 entitled Les Femmes de l'avenir or 'Women of the Future'.

Instead of showing them in some science fiction garb, artist Albert Bergeret shows these women working jobs that would have been unthinkable to society then.

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01
Journalist

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02
Master of Arms

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03
General

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Lawyer

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05
Sailor

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06
Mayor

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07
Firefighter

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08
Jockey

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09
Conscript

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10
Student

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11
Doctor

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Way to call it, 1902.

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