The Canton Advocate, South Dakota, November 2, 1882

The question is raised if woman has not a better right to the trousers than has man. Indeed, the claim is made that they are hers by discovery and priority of use; that man is the usurper of an advantage her first perceived by imitation.

 It will be a crushing blow to the pride of the lords of creation to learn that they are parading in a cast-off fashion of despised woman..