A Woman to Know: Helen Hulick
If he puts me in jail I hope it will help to free women forever from anti-slackism. — Helen Hulick

(image via UCLA Archives)
When kindergarten teacher Helen Hulick showed up to L.A. court in 1938, to testify in a burglary case, she wore pants. The judge, scandalized by her outfit, ordered her to leave the courthouse and return to the next day "garb accep…
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