100 years ago today: MUTINY and Females
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 28, 2021 5:02pm CST
This was borrowed from the Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, February 28, 1921, Image 1Found on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Another "just which one do I choose?" moment. This paper had a lot of intriguing things on it's front page. A train wreck that killed many, a collision with another vessel that killed one (and probably drowned 14) and then THIS..
Naughty Girls were done with their imprisonment, or so they thought. Twenty five females were being held at a local county jail after causing an uproar at a California school for girls (apparently this was some sort of detention center as the article mentions the girls as "inmates" of the school).
Six of them got away, lucky girls.
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@rebelann (117269)
• El Paso, Texas
28 Feb 21
In 1921 it wasn't unusual for girls that got pregnant to end up in one of those schools, they were considered deviants @ScribbledAdNauseum
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Feb 21
@rebelann Oh very true. Even in 1960's America, they'd end up in places to quietly have the baby, though I don't think they were imprisoned in the place.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Feb 21
I was actually wondering that myself. They seemed to be enrolled in some type of reform school. They could have easily been orphaned and had nowhere else to go / the family didn't want them so they ended up there.
This is the place the girls escaped from :
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.Two buildings at the Ventura School for Girls, with walkway and porch with square columns at center, 2-story brick building with barred windows at left, 1-story stone or marble building at
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Feb 21
probably wouldn't work today. Computers track them down now along with cops. 
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Feb 21
Oh yeah, they would be wearing ankle bracelets and cameras on every corner would pick up their movements too.
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@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
2 Mar 21
I wonder if the six were eventually caught.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Mar 21
I don't know, but I wonder that too. I hope they weren't to be honest.
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@Deepizzaguy (122305)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Feb 21
I like to learn the odd stories from another era.
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@Deepizzaguy (122305)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum They really are.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
1 Mar 21
I try to find the most interesting stuff, but I also limit myself to five or less minutes of searching.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Feb 21
The more things change the more they stay the same.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Feb 21
@CarolDM My favorite is seeing brands that are still available today or even pictures of building still in existence.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum That is true.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Feb 21
Though I wonder what they did? Apparently they were locked away in some sort of facility before this.
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
1 Mar 21
Ha thats a hoot..more power to them
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