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Duchess of Longueville

17th century French woman who cross-dressed to escape prison in the context of military service.

LHMP entry

(blogged by Heather Rose Jones)

This chapter focuses primarily on the history of women participating in military contexts in male dress, whether actual disguise was the intent or not.

Starts off with Joan of Arc, as usual.

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