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The Handsome Cabin Boy
A recording by Kate Bush of the 'Handsome Cabin Boy 'on You Tube. The ancient song is about Mary Anne Talbot, one of my soldier women who was abducted and…Published on: 12/4/20 5:19 PM
How to read a book
'How one should read a book' is an essay by Virginia Woolf, discussed briefly on the radio this morning. so relevant to all of us in lockdown. Woolf urges us…Published on: 11/13/20 12:53 PM
‘Being plain almost to repulsion’ was the rule for nurses in American Civil War
Attitudes towards women being active in the American Civil War of 1861 were misogynistic and offensive until need overcame prejudice. While cross-dressed women (an estimated 750 known) were slipping through…Published on: 11/9/20 2:59 PM
Cross-dressing appeals to men soldiers too!
They're not a bunch of cross-dressers- they're the Green Berets!Published on: 11/5/20 11:28 AM
‘Man Up!’ exhibition of cross-dressing women soldiers at Chawton House
Yesterday I visited Chawton House that has a special library of 6000 women's books and from this they have curated an exhibition about cross-dressing women soldiers. Called 'Man Up' it…Published on: 10/21/20 9:28 AM
Admiral Horatio Nelson died today at the Battle of Trafalgar- women sailors were there too
The Battle of Trafalgar is where Nelson defeated Napoleon.He led a smaller British fleet against a combined Spanish and French fleet who lost 22 ships without losing a single British…Published on: 10/14/20 12:27 PM
Patriotism has no sex- for cross-dressing women
What fascinated me most when researching my book, is what drove these the young women and teenagers to take this radical and dangerous step. Cross-dressing women risked prosecution with penalties…Published on: 10/6/20 10:42 AM
girls can be tomboys
My book tells the stories of teenagers and young women in their 20s who dressed as men to go and fight. Would they be prescribed gender-changing drugs today? For them…Published on: 09/16/20 9:51 PM