Gibson Girl

Meaning

Noun

• A personification of American ideal feminine beauty around the beginning of the 20th century, depicted as voluptuous but ladylike and fashionable.
• A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations.

Origin

• Introduced in the satirical works of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s.
• So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure.