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A History of Women in Men's Clothes - From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment (Hardcover)
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A History of Women in Men's Clothes - From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 5 190
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Traditionally, historic women have been seen as bound by social
conventions, unable to travel unless accompanied and limited in
their ability to do what they want when they want. But thousands of
women broke those rules, put on banned clothing and travelled,
worked and even lived whole lives as men. As access to novels and
newspapers increased in the nineteenth century so did the number of
women defying Biblical and social restrictions. They copied each
other's motives and excuses and moved into the world of men. Most
were working-class women who either needed to or wanted to, break
away from constricted lives; women who wanted to watch a hanging or
visit a museum, to see family or escape domestic abuse, some wanted
to earn a decent living when women's wages could not keep a family.
The reasons were myriad. Some were quickly arrested and put on
display in court, hoping to deter other women from such shameful
behaviour, but many more got away with it. For the first time, _A
History of Women in Men's Clothes_ looks at those thousands of
individuals who broke conventions in the only way they could, by
disguising themselves either for a brief moment or a whole life.
Daring and bold, this is the story of the women who defied social
convention to live their lives as they chose, from simply wanting
more independence to move and live freely, to transgender and
homosexual women cross-dressing to express themselves, this is
women's fight to wear trousers.
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