Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
In Memory of…
Bettie Page
April 22, 1923 — December 11, 2008
A woman who dared to be different in the Fifities era of Bobby Socks and Golly-Gee Suzie Homemaker status. She awoke the sexuality in a repressed and stuffy era, becoming the most legendary Pin-Up model of her time. She dared to escape the limitations that society placed on her as a woman. Some called her notorious, others revolutionary. Bettie Page helped to blur the lines and open the door to the world of women expressing their sensuality.
But she was definitely a woman of her own making. And that is what makes her legendary.
I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn’t trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn’t think of myself as liberated, and I
don’t believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn’t know any other way to be, or any other way to live. –Bettie Page
And for that… and all other women who haven’t been afraid to be anything else but themselves, we thank you.
Rest In Peace, Bettie Page.
