page_title: Tomboy
hierarchical_section_title: Tomboy
caption_attribution_description: English: Perennial tomboy Li'l Jinx raises another ruckus in the back pages of Pep Comics number 71. Artwork by Joe Edwards.
context_page_description: A tomboy, or sometimes tomgirl, is a girl who does things which are similar to the gender role of a boy. They could also wear masculine-typed clothes and play games and take part in activities which are often quite physical. This type of thing is usually thought to be done more by boys.
context_section_description: A tomboy, or sometimes tomgirl, is a girl who does things which are similar to the gender role of a boy. They could also wear masculine-typed clothes and play games and take part in activities which are often quite physical. This type of thing is usually thought to be done more by boys.
caption: An archetypal tomboy from a 1940s comic book.
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