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From Cabin 'Boys' to Captains - 250 Years of Women at Sea (Paperback)
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From Cabin 'Boys' to Captains - 250 Years of Women at Sea (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 170
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Traditionally, a woman's place was never on stormy seas. But
actually thousands of dancers, purserettes, doctors, stewardesses,
captains and conductresses have taken to the waves on everything
from floating palaces to battered windjammers. Their daring story
is barely known, even by today's seawomen. From before the 1750s,
women fancying an oceangoing life had either to disguise themselves
as cabin 'boys' or acquire a co-operative husband with a ship
attached. Early pioneers faced superstition and discrimination in
the briny 'monasteries'. Today women captain cruise ships as big as
towns and work at the highest level in the global maritime
industry. This comprehensive exploration looks at the Merchant
Navy, comparing it to the Royal Navy in which Wrens only began
sailing in 1991. Using interviews and sources never before
published, Jo Stanley vividly reveals the incredible journey across
time taken by these brave and lively women salts.
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