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Deborah Sampson Gannett, also known as Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson, [1] (December 17, 1760 – April 29, 1827) was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Because Athenian laws prohibited women from practicing medicine, Agnodice disguised herself as a man to work as a physician. As her popularity grew among female patients, rival male physicians accused her of seducing her clients. During her trial, she revealed her identity by lifting her tunic in a gesture known as anasyrma, proving she was a ...
In which Lady Margaret disguises herself as a young man in order to escape captivity. The Password to Larkspur Lane (1933), Ned Nickerson poses as a nurse. The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer (1936); historical novel. in which the young male protagonist disguises himself as a maid in order to escape the Bow Street Runners.
The Wicked Lady (1983) – Faye Dunaway plays a bored English aristocrat who disguises herself as a highwayman in order to rob carriages carrying passengers; A Blade in the Dark (1983) – Michele Soavi plays Tony Rendina/Linda; Sahara (1984) – Brooke Shields disguises herself as a young man so she can compete in a car race in the African desert
Mulan Joins the Army (simplified Chinese: 木兰从军; traditional Chinese: 木蘭從軍; pinyin: Mùlán cóngjūn), is a 1939 Chinese historical war film and is one of several film adaptations of the Hua Mulan (花木兰) legend, a story of a young woman who disguises herself as a man in order to take her father's place in the army.
Others joked that the wig was Ballerini’s, while some teased that he reminded them of Miley Cyrus’ Disney Channel character, Hannah Montana, who would wear a wig to disguise herself while in ...
Frances Clayton in uniform. From the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.. Frances Louisa Clayton (c. 1830 – after 1863), also recorded as Frances Clalin, was an American woman who purportedly disguised herself as a man to fight for the Union Army in the American Civil War, though many historians now believe her story was likely fabricated.
Nearly a decade after controversial reality show Gigolos went off the air, a new docuseries is set to cover the violent death of a woman at the hands of one of the show's former stars.. Gigolos ...