The Female Soldier: Or the Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell (The Augustan Reprints ; No. 257)

by Dianne Dugaw, Robert Walker

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Hannah Snell was an 18th-century woman who disguised herself as a man and became a soldier. This extremely popular biography centers around a recurrent 18th century trope of cross-dressing that subversively challenged social expectations and gender norms.

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Original publication date
1750

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Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS
941.07History & geographyHistory of EuropeBritish IslesHistorical periods of British Isles1714-1837 Period of House of Hanover
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DA67.1 .S64 .F46History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaGreat BritainHistory of Great BritainEnglandHistoryPolitical, military, naval, and Air Force history.
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