We've learned about the over-the-top days of the Barbary Coast, and the ruffians and outlaws that made the west really wild. We know about the bootleggers, the scoundrels, the outsiders. But, as with most of history, women were also a part of this, yet have often been written out of it. Meet the misbehavin' girls of the 1880s to the 1950s, who got into some trouble, and left behind a mugshot as evidence.

1900

via Ye Olde News

We may not know what these women were arrested for, or charged with, but we do know they were wearing some fabulous hats! These mugshots are from female prisoners at San Quentin Prison; it was required there, at the time, to have photos taken with hats on.