What is Trousers as women's clothing?
'''[[Trousers]]''' (called '''pants''' in [[American English]]) first showed up in recorded history with the [[nomadic people]] across [[Western Europe]]. [[Archeology|Archeological]] studies show men/boys and women/girls wore trousers and pants in relation to past [[society|societal]] cultures.<ref>{{cite web|title=From the Horse People to Hillary: A History of Women Wearing Pants|publisher=TIME Magazine|url=https://time.com/4363815/history-women-pants-hillary-clinton|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> For most of [[modern history]], though, wearing pants/trousers was usually restricted to men and boys. In several regions across the world, such patterns were applied not just by social rules but also through laws. Different [[United States]] cities, in the 19th and 20th centuries, passed [[legislation]] that banned women and girls from wearing trousers/pants. One such law was passed by the [[San Francisco]] Supervisors' Board in 1863. This law made appearing in public wearing clothes of the opposite sex (males wearing female clothing or females wearing male clothes) illegal. Similar laws were already in effect for [[Chicago]] (passed in 1851) and [[Columbus, Ohio]] (passed in 1848). Further laws against [[cross-dressing]] were put into effect for [[Houston]], [[Texas]] (passed in 1864) and [[Orlando, Florida]] (went into effect in 1907). Another almost two dozen United States cities also had these laws.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arresting Dress|publisher=Duke University Press|url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/arresting-dress|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> Further laws against cross-dressing were put into effect far into the 20th century. They were made effective for [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] and [[Miami]], [[Florida]] as recently as the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arresting Duke|publisher=Duke University Press|url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/arresting-dress|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> ==Early dress reform== In 1851, early [[women's rights]] [[advocacy|advocate]] [[Elizabeth Smith Miller]] introduced [[Ame