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‘Cross-dressed to Kill’- Vivien Morgan talks at the National Army Museum about her book on women who cross-dressed as men to go to war
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…Published on: 03/24/23 3:47 PM
‘You say you want a Revolution’ talk about how new video technology changed newsgathering and story-telling forever
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…Published on: 08/5/21 9:04 AM
Cross-dressed to Kill Book reviews
Published on: 03/3/21 2:02 PM
My 3rd Woman to Remember for #Womenshistorymonth
#WomensHistoryMonth. My 3rd woman to remember.Geneviève Prémoy, alias Chevalier Balthazard 1660–1704, enlisted as a French officer for 15 years.Her 1st love was fighting,but got entangled with many women while in…Published on: 03/2/21 2:57 PM
March is Women’s History Month- my 31 women to remember!
She brought 'good hope' or 'bonne esperance' her French nickname to the troops she fought with.Published on: 01/5/21 11:36 AM
Girls don’t need to be boys!
Read the reviews of Abigail Shrier's book 'Irreversible Damage'. A scary trend of teenage girls moving from anorexia,self-harm and suicide to wanting transgender identities and treatment including surgery. What, she asks is wrong with being a girl? They're not defective boys. They're different- vive la difference!Published on: 12/31/20 2:42 PM
Tales of women soldiers feature in the new book ‘Cross-dressed to Kill’ from Bosham’s Vivien Morgan.
“I found a Victorian book years ago in a Worcestershire bookshop that featured five women soldiers and was fascinated. “I was encouraged by friends including the writer Jilly Cooper to do a book as no one had heard about women who masqueraded as men. So I did more research and found out that there were hundreds of known women globally who did this. “Why and how is what I wanted to know. Were they gay, tomboys, patriots or just like Louisa May Alcott desperate to ‘do something’ as they lived through decades of war?Published on: 12/8/20 2:17 PM
‘Love Reading’ site review of my book, Cross-dressed to Kill
Cross-dressed to Kill should be shared in schools to demonstrate that the old-fashioned notion of the 'traditional' role of women didn't work....Published on: 12/6/20 4:14 PM