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Yes, the title is a bit jokey (but attention grabbing, no?), but seriously... For most of Western history men wore pants and women wore much looser clothing in the form of robes, gowns, dresses, and skirts. The idea of pants as male gendered clothing was heavily baked into the culture all throughout Europe and other parts of the world. It's only begining in the 19th Century that we first start seeing women wearing pants, to the point it's notable as distinctly desgined for women and not used as a disguise.

From what I can tell, pants first became acceptable for women to wear under their skirts so they didn't show any of the naughty bits like their kneecaps when riding horses, and it seems to have grown from there, and even have been a major part of 19th Century Feminist activism. In fact, 'bloomers' are named after Amelia Bloomer, a suffragette who designed them herself. So, how did we get from dresses to denim?

Also other countries soldiers during the second world war; how were they paid for their service?

There seems to be a wealth of primary sources from that time describing just about everything. Is there anything about music? What instruments were used? Was it upbeat or slow? Ordered or free form?

I've heard Hitler helped found Israel.

The printing press for example relies on a system where it uses metal letters to print a book, but in China wouldn't they need a lot of metal characters to print a single book in Chinese?

How did they adapted the printing press to the fact that Chinese has thousands of characters?

Russia had a border with Ottoman Turkey, why didn't they just open up a front there?

I wonder if they teach that in Indian schools.

This tactic was used and written about quite extensively by Romans and neighboring kingdoms during the times of sword-and-shield warfare. Although modern warfare is dominated by gun and artillery, would this technique be useful in modern-day conflicts (I.E. riots)?

A lot of the other Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson, get flack for being slave owners. However, I don't hear a lot of people talk about George Washington and the large amount of slaves he owned, at least not as much. Why is this?

Hey /r/AskHistorians. I don't exactly know if this is the right place to ask this question or if there is a different subreddit dedicated to careers (I'm only a few weeks old on Reddit), but this is pretty big decision I have to take soon and it does involve my love for history.

I'll soon be applying for an undergrad course now and due to certain circumstances I'm studying in the science stream now. However, I've been interested about history since I was in school and would like to study it further and hopefully take up a career in it. And this is where you guys come in.

Could any of you tell me about what careers or jobs I can pursue in the field? Anything you know at all would be welcome and appreciated. I really do want to study and hopefully work in the stream and any information regarding the same would really be helpful. Like are any of you in the same field, do you have relatives who are. Do you know anything about those careers. Anything at all would be nice. I'll be posting this in the /r/history too, so if this post is deleted due to non relevance, you could go there as well. Please, please, please help me. I've been reading about the Crusades and the Black Death and the French Revolution and the World Wars ever since I could remember. Your information could help me pursue my passion in the same.

Thanks a lot.

In Esther 8:8 and Daniel 6:8 of the Holy Bible, the laws mentioned in these verses were signed with the Persian king's ring, which meant that they cannot be changed.

I would like some historical evidence to support this: does it mean that laws in Achaemenid Persia were permanent, and were never reversed or repealed?

I have always wondered about the Ceasefire that de facto ended the Korean war, while on paper the war never ended or had a peace treaty.

How was the Ceasefire negotiated? Did the North, South, allies and China all have diplomatic relations to agree on a ceasefire?

Did they intend this ceasefire to be the end of the war or was it only meant to be temporary with the war continuing on at some point? (I know that in other wars sometimes a ceasefire is negotiated just for a specific holiday with war resuming afterwards)

Was there ever an attempt by either side to get an official peace treaty signed? If so, when did relations break down to the point that none was ever signed?

When did the Chinese withdraw their troops from North Korea? I know that the US never really removed it's military presence but Chinese troops are no longer at the border in North Korea as far as I know.

When did it become obvious that there was not going to be a shooting war anymore?

If anyone has any information please let me know, thanks. I don't know how much information is available from the North's point of view due to secrecy.

After the War of Independence Turkey claimed Mosul and Aleppo. But what is the reason? There are some Turkish minorities but the areas are mostly Arab and Kurdish.

Recently, I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about Ireland's generally sympathetic attitude towards Palestine as a result of Ireland's history as a former colony. This made me curious about how the Republic of Ireland interacted with the other former subjects of the European empires in the era of decolonization (1948-1977)

Does anyone here have some good sources or writings to help me start digging into this topic?

I live in North West Montana, and we had a pretty good earthquake the other night. I'm about ~200 miles from the epicenter. I assumed Yellowstone was fuckin blowing up lol. There was a 5.8 over by Helena or Lincoln or something. Earthquakes made me think of Yellowstone, which is a decent sized volcano I guess.... but of all that have happened in the lower 48, which is the biggest? Mt. St. Helens? All I find out is about hawaii