You've Come A Long Way, Baby!

From the Sioux City Journal in 1910:

PRINCESS RINK TO REOPEN: Councilman Jonathan W. Brown would bar all women from the roller skating rinks. Mr. Brown signified his belief yesterday morning that “females” should be kept out of the halls after 6 o'clock p.m. when the request for renewal of the rinks came up to the council. Councilman Brown was opposed to the renewal of the license. He said skating rinks, as they were run in Sioux City, are a disgrace.

Look at Iowa in 2010. We've got the Mid Iowa Roller Derby, the Des Moines Derby Dames, and the Cedar Rapids Roller Girls.  Poor old Councilman Jonathan W. Brown would be having a heart attack if he were alive today.