Female Hikers Should Have High-Laced Boots with “Hungarian Nails”

• Catherine Robbins, Hilda M. Kurth and Kathleen Norris, 1927

Preparations for hiking Vermont’s 270-mile Long Trail, the first long-distance wilderness hiking trail in America, have changed considerably since the first Long Trail Guide was published in 1917. Men were advised to wear “ordinary height shoes with hobnails, felt hat, ‘generous sized’ silk bandana, inch-wide leather belt with cup attached, wool underwear, wool shirt and stout wool trousers,” while female hikers should have high-laced boots with “Hungarian nails,” and wear bloomers.

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I swoon over many historical 'things', and when I came across an article about these women here, there was no exception.

See more about Catherine Robbins, Hilda M. Kurth and Kathleen Norris here and learn about some of their descendants continuing bad-assery here.