Primary Sources

Sources by Place:

• California
  • San Diego
• Minnesota
  • Duluth
• Missouri
  • St. Louis
• Nevada
  • Virginia City
• New Jersey
  • Newark
  • West Orange
• Oklahoma
  • Langston
• South Dakota
  • Vermillion
• Washington
  • Bellingham

Sources by Date:

• The Revised Ordinances of the City of Saint Louis (1843)
• The City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Newark (1858)
• The Ordinances of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri (1861)
• Ordinance 1, Sec. 3, Vermillion, Dakota Territory (1873)
• An Ordinance for the Prevention and punishment of offenses against the peace, good order and health of the city of Virginia, Nevada, Sec. 15 (1878)
• An Ordinance to Preserve Good Order and the Public Peace, Village of Duluth, Minnesota (1881)
• The Revised Ordinance of the City of St. Louis (1881)
• Newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch answers an inquiry about women in male attire (1887)
• Ordinance No. 1, Langston, Oklahoma (1891)
• Newspaper: “Bloomers Not Masculine Apparel, But If a Woman Dresses Like a Man in West Orange She Will Be Fined” (1895)
• An Ordinance Defining Certain Offenses Which Shall be Misdemeanors in the City of Bellingham, Washington (1904)
• Drag Magazine: “San Diego Court Ruling Backs Clothing Ordinance” (1975)