Women have always worked hard for the money.
Around 1902, a French artist imagined professions that women would hold in the future.
He designed a set of trading cards that depicted these women. On the surface, it may seem that most of the predictions are both progressive and accurate.
But the cards are not what they seem.
The antique cards by Albert Bergeret show women in historically male professions, like this soldier.
Around the turn of the 20th century, there were female lawyers in Europe and the U.S., but there were restrictions where they could practice.
"These are not just women of the future," Alice Kessler-Harris, history professor at Columbia University, tells Tech Insider. "They are women of the moment who were breaching the barriers of traditional gender roles."
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