Ninalee Allen, who was known as Jinx, was a vacationing nursery-school teacher. Ruth Orkin was a freelance photojournalist who, after chatting with Ms. Allen, asked if would she would pose for a photo essay about women traveling alone. Nearly all were staring at the 6-foot-tall Ms. Allen. Ms. Orkin snapped Ms. Allen twice walking that testosterone-charged gantlet. The first time, Ms. Orkin told The New York Times in 1979, Ms. Allen “clutched at herself and looked terribly frightened.”

Source: New York Times May 04, 2018 23:13 UTC