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She Wore The Pants
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Even today, someone like Ellen DeGeneres eschewing dresses garners notice. In the 1930s, when Hepburn did it, it was downright revolutionary. “I put on pants 50 years ago and declared a sort of middle road,” she told Barbara Walters in a 1981 interview. “I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted.”
“She never fit into conventional womanhood,” biographer William Mann told OutSmart. “And certainly because of her body, she didn’t live as a man. So she kind of did live this middle road.”
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While never quiet a hard butch, Hepburn also embraced an athleticism usually reserved for men, enjoying tennis, shooting, diving and horseback riding. Golf was a particular passion: She took daily lessons and even reached the semi-finals of the Connecticut Young Women’s Golf Championship.
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