Apr 20, 2020
Let us continue our look through history at different stories about women who dressed as men. A monk, a Civil War spy and a forbidden love.
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References:
Overall:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cross-dressing
https://www.ranker.com/list/women-disguised-as-men-in-history/katiefustich
Joan of Arc:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/saint-joan-of-arc
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc
https://www.ancient.eu/Joan_of_Arc/
http://qspirit.net/joan-of-arc-cross-dressing-lgbtq/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/joan-of-arc-trial.htm
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501179/how-cross-dressing-helped-send-joan-arc-stake
http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_male_clothing.html
Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_Kanokogi
https://jwa.org/weremember/kanokogi-rusty
https://jwa.org/thisweek/nov/24/2008/rusty-kanokogi
Elisa Sanchez Loriga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_same-sex_marriage_in_Spain
Marina the Monk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_the_Monk
http://catholicsaints.info/saint-marina-of-bithynia/
https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/outcasts/downloads/betancourt_transgender_lives.pdf
Sarah Emma Edmonds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Emma_Edmonds
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Edmonds
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sarah-emma-edmonds
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-2.html
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sarah-edmonds-frank-thompson