Today in 1899, Etta Bermingham was sent to SF's Magdalen Asylum for petty larceny. (Now a misdemeanor in CA.) But how dare a culture judge women and girls for not looking a beautiful and well-dressed, and then accuse them of having a "weakness for fine clothes." pic.twitter.com/4gwjejl477
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) July 22, 2022