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…
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…
Cross-dressed to Kill is the unique collection of cross-dressing women’s stories. It tells why and how hundreds of young women worldwide dressed as men in the 17th to 20th centuries. Fearless, ‘tomboys’ full…
Just completed the first of my teaching on Improving Writing Skills. It was the most rewarding group of women who were really keen on writing and improving their skills- at…
Had a warm welcome at the Battersea WI's meeting last night to talk about my book Cross-dressed to Kill. They were interested in the stories of the women soldiers and…
Had a lovely evening at the Battersea WI meeting in Battersea, having been asked to come and talk about my book Cross-dressed to Kill. It is interesting how some of…
A short train ride away to get to the amazingly well-stocked library in Walton on Thames town. We had a good group of residents coming to hear my talk on…
Excited to be leading a 5 week course based at Kensignton Central Library in London on creative writing as part of the Adult Learning programme. The focus is very much…
Last year I wrote about a different woman every day during this important month, women who had achieved success in life but not had much recognition. Today I'm remembering Mary…
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/women-who-went-sea-dressed-men This feature on women who disguised themselves as men. They slipped through the recruiting net to go to sea and fight in the West and East Indies and in…
Vivien Morgan,author of 'Cross-dressed to Kill', at the British Fort St James on Antigua where pirates wer The highest number of cross-dressing women who became soldiers and sailors, or marines,…
Cross-dressed as soldiers from the 17th to the 19th century ‘Cross-dressed to Kill’ is a collection of extraordinary stories by twenty women cross-dressers of English, Irish, French, Prussian, Russian, Spanish, American…
The theme of this year’s World Storytelling Day is ‘Together we Can’. Organisers say that ‘Worldwide events have made storytellers in society help build community spirit and inspire change’. Vivien…
