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  1. A Black Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1870
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity
    Subject: Dick Montgomery
  2. A Celebrated Case of Rebel Outrage

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 21, 1876
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressing
  3. A Cleveland Girl in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1869
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressers, Police officers
    Subject: Mary Goldsborough
  4. A Discovery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Evening Star
    Date: Aug. 13, 1836
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender role, LGBTQ+ relationships
    Subject: James Walker
  5. A Disguised Female Becomes Pugilistic in a New York Bar-Room

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 4, 1869
    Topics: Crossdressing, Masculinities
  6. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 24, 1876
    Topics: Change of name, Marriage, Secrecy
    Subject: James Han
  7. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 16, 1842
    Topics: Crimes, Law, Marriage
  8. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1829
    Topics: Death and dying, Marriage, Secrecy
  9. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1836
    Topics: Appearance, Crimes, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ lovers, Police officers, Secrecy
    Subject: James Walker
  10. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 19, 1838
    Topics: Crossdressers, Marriage
    Subject: Samuel M. Pollard
  11. A Female "Husband" Robs His Wife and Decamps

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1865
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Theft
  12. A Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 11, 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers
    Subject: Hannah Snell
  13. A Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 25, 1868
    Topics: Families, Gender identity, Marriage, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Edgar Burnham
  14. A Singular Case and A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1836
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Marriage, Physicians, Prisoners, Secrecy
    Subject: George Wilson, James Walker, Jane Walker
  15. A Singular Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1855 to 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers
    Subject: Hannah Snell
  16. A Woman Married to a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 7, 1856
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Secrecy
  17. A Woman-Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1875
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Secrecy
  18. About a Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1871
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender role
    Subject: Samuel Buck
  19. An Extraordinary Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 19, 1850
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Marriage, Separation, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: John Curtis
  20. An Extraordinary Case of a Girl Concealing Her Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 14, 1860
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Secrecy, Suicide
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide.
  21. An Extraordinary Case of Bigamy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Snowden, Edgar
    Date: 1834
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Masculinities
  22. An Odd Connexion

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Meacham, R.
    Date: Jun. 1, 1838
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
  23. Another Man-Woman Monster

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Atkinson, Samuel C.
    Date: Aug. 28, 1836
    Topics: Death and dying, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ sex workers
  24. Beefsteak Pete Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 3, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crimes, Crossdressing
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete
  25. Beefsteak Pete Arrested

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crimes, Crossdressing, Theft
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete
  26. Biographical Memoirs of the Late Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1810
    Topics: Biographies, Courts, Crimes, Death and dying, Lawyers, Marriage, Secrecy
  27. Biography – Madam Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Watters, James
    Date: Mar. 23, 1799
    Topics: Crossdressers
  28. Bloomer Costume Outdone

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 5, 1853
    Topics: Crimes, Gender, Marriage, Marriage law, Secrecy, Separation
    Subject: Ashley Baker, Phoebe Hays
  29. Both and Neither

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1875
    Topics: Appearance, Gender realignment surgery, Generative organs, Health sciences, Intersex, Physical characteristics
  30. Caught Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Newark Daily Advertiser
    Date: Aug. 25, 1846
    Topics: Appearance, Black people, Clothing, Crossdressing
    Subject: Peter Sewally
  31. Chatham, Oct. 30

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Fleet, T.
    Date: Apr. 15, 1756
    Topics: Crossdressing, Sailors
  32. Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Once a Week
    Date: 1861
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: King George III, Louis XV, Queen Charlotte
  33. Chevalier D'Eon (From a Late London Paper)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1811
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  34. City Summary

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 21, 1874
    Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Masculinities, Theatre
  35. Concealment of Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1876
    Topics: Autopsy, Clothing, Crossdressing, Law
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Dr. Copeland, Lord Mansfield, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, The Country Wife
  36. Conform to the Times

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Morris, George P.
    Date: 1831
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities
  37. Cupid's Foibles, Follies, and Fancies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1853
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender role, Law, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Park and Boulton
  38. Curious Deception – A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Brother Jonathan
    Date: 1839
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Marriage
  39. Curious Sketches of Singular Characters

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Granger, James
    Date: Sep. 7, 1775
    Topics: Beauty standards, Courts, Crimes, Intersex people, Masculinities, Politics, Royalty
    Subject: Mary Frith, Richard Brown
  40. Descripcion de un hermafrodita

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Sanchez Rubío, Mareos
    Date: Oct. 24, 1816
    Topics: Hermaphrodites, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Hytok
    Description: A published letter from Dr. Mareos Sanchez Rubió about a Black "hermafrodita" named Hytok staying in a bunkhouse in Cuba. The letter includes a detailed description of Hytok's physical characterist...
  41. Disguised Females

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The New-York Organ
    Date: Jun. 25, 1853
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Marines, Masculinities
    Subject: Hannah Snell
  42. Dr. James Barry a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Woman's Journal
    Date: Aug. 18, 1877
    Topics: Femininities, Physicians, Transgender people
    Subject: James Barry
  43. Dramatic Doings

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 18, 1876
    Topics: Burlesque (Literature)
    Subject: Kenward Philip
  44. Eccentric Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1812
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Epitaphs, Gender role, Theft
    Subject: Mary Frith
  45. Escape of a Murderer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 17, 1846
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Prisoners
  46. European News Items

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Weekly Alta California
    Date: Jul. 16, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
  47. Extraordinary Investigations in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1833
    Topics: Courts, Crimes, Death and dying, Gender, Secrecy
    Subject: Eliza Edwards
  48. Facts Connected with the Life of James Carey

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Akin, James
    Date: 1839
    Topics: Intersex, Medicalization
    Subject: James Carey, University of Pennsylvania
    Description: Content warning: This item includes extremely dehumanizing language and visual depictions of intersex people and bodies. This item documents a post-mortem investigation of intersex person James ...
  49. Fanny Campbell The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Lieutenant Murray
    Date: 1846
    Topics: Body image, Chivalry, Colonies, Colonization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discovery and exploration, Femininities, Gender bending, Indians of North America, LGBTQ+ relationships, Pirates, Prisoners, Sailing, Sailing ships, Sailors, Ship captains, Ship models, Women
    Subject: Fanny Campbell, Jack Herbert, Terrence Mooney, William Lovell
  50. Female Dexterity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Poize
    Date: 1810
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  51. Female Heroism

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Universal Magazine, The American Museum
    Date: Mar. 1792
    Topics: Army, Crossdressers
    Subject: Robert Shurtlieff
  52. Females in Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 2, 1854
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ lovers
  53. Free Love and Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 27, 1871
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender role, Masculinities
    Subject: Mary Walker
  54. Girl-Boys

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1858
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, Gender, International relations
  55. Girl-Boys

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 21, 1876
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Femininities, Masculinities
  56. Goddesses in Disguise; Or, Women in Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Ethics, Femininities, Gender role, History, Masculinities, Sexual offenses laws
    Subject: Boulton Masquerade
  57. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.
  58. "Harry" Stokes the Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 17, 1859
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender identity, Marriage, Masculinities, Sexual assault, Suicide
  59. "Harry" Stokes, the Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 17, 1859
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Gender role, Masculinities, Poverty, Suicide
    Subject: Harry Stokes
  60. How to Determine Doubtful Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The London Lancet
    Date: Feb. 20, 1860
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Marriage, Medical examinations, Psychology, Suicide
    Subject: Harry Stokes
  61. Interviewing Dr. Mary Walker

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1875
    Topics: Clothing, Gender identity
    Subject: Mary Walker
  62. Jewesses on a Frolic

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1845
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Judaism, Masculinities
  63. La Chevalier D'Eon's Answer to the Orator of the Human Race

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 10, 1792
    Topics: French revolution, Gender, Military, Politics
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  64. Life-Time Disguise of Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1, 1847
    Topics: Death and dying, Gender, Military occupations, Secrecy
    Subject: Thomas de Croismare
  65. Ludicrous Crime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Munroe, Isaac
    Date: Feb. 28, 1826
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Marriage, Polygamy, Prisoners
    Subject: Charles Hamilton, George Hamilton, Mary Hamilton
  66. Mademoiselle Le Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1809 to 1810
    Topics: Childhood, Death and dying, Families, Gender, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Wars
  67. Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1867
    Topics: Appearance, Gender, Life stories, Marriage, Physicians, Secrecy, Surgery
  68. Married, Not Mated

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Denver Republican
    Date: Oct. 30, 1883
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Marriage
    Subject: Frank Dubois
  69. Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 3, 1817
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, LGBTQ+ poetry
    Subject: Mary Frith
  70. Mary Read and Anne Bonney

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1833
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Death and dying, LGBTQ+ lovers, Pirates
    Subject: Anne Bonney, Mary Read
  71. Memoirs of the Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1777
    Topics: Gender, Lawyers, Secrecy
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  72. Miscellany

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1871
    Topics: Femininities, Gender role, Masculinities, Upbringing
  73. More Authentic Anecdotes of the Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1805
    Topics: Appearance, Families, Gender, Secrecy
  74. News Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Passing (Gender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A short note announcing the death of Frances Thompson.
  75. Peter Sewally, alias Ann Eliza Erans, alias Beef Steak Pete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1846
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressers
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete
    Description: Content warning: contains potentially racist and transphobic material related to racist and transphobic language.
  76. Plymouth County News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1873
    Topics: Clothing, Gender identity, Institutional care facilities, LGBTQ+ lovers, LGBTQ+ relationships, Travel
  77. Remarkable Connection of Two Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1766
    Topics: Ethnic relations, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ lovers, LGBTQ+ relationships
    Subject: Mary East
  78. Romantic Paupers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1867
    Topics: Arrests, Families, Gender, LGBTQ+ lovers, Poverty, Secrecy
    Subject: Ada Perry, Joseph Israel Lobdell
  79. Singular Capture

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Andrews, Samuel
    Date: 1828
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, Secrecy, Separation
  80. Some Account of Hannah Snell, the Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 1750
    Topics: Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressing, Sailors, Secrecy
    Subject: Hannah Snell
  81. Sue Monday, The Guerrilla Spy

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Haco, Dion
    Date: 1865
    Topics: Border States (U.S. Civil War), Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Espionage, Gender bending, Southern States--History--1865-1877, Torture, Treason, Unionists (United States Civil War)
  82. The Adventures of Louisa Baker [A Native of Massachusetts]

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Military, Nudity, Prostitution, Racism, Sexuality, Virginity, Women
  83. The Adventures of Lucy Brewer, (Alias) Louisa Baker

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Brewer, Lucy
    Date: 1815
    Topics: Brothels, Chivalry, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Disguise, Dueling, Ethics, Gender identity, Honor, Identity, Military discharge, Military service, Voluntary, Peonage, Poverty, Prisons, Prostitutes' clients, Prostitution, Racism, Robbery, Sailors, Shame, STDs, Stillbirth, United States. Marine Corps--History, Unplanned pregnancy, Violence, Youth
    Subject: Maria Murray, Scotch, USS Constitution
  84. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...
  85. The Boulton Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Detroit Advertiser and Tribune
    Date: Jun. 30, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Arthur Clinton, Park and Boulton
  86. The Boulton Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 30, 1870
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Crimes, Gatherings, Gender, Secrecy
  87. The Charge Against "Gentlemen" Personating Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 4, 1870
    Topics: Arrests, Criminalization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
  88. The Chevalier D'Eon – A Correction

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Politics
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  89. The Chimney Corner

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Leslie, Frank
    Date: 1866
    Topics: Crossdressing, French revolution, Politics, Poverty, Secrecy
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  90. The Deserted Wife's Revenge

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1852
    Topics: Appearance, Crimes, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Marriage, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Violence
  91. The Disguised Lady

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: McDowall, John R.
    Date: Jun. 6, 1834
    Topics: Boarding schools, Secrecy, Sexuality
  92. The Fastest Girl in New York

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Cabot, Colonel
    Date: 1873?
    Topics: Arranged marriage, Ballroom dancing, Bisexual women, Change of name, Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Femininities, Gambling, Gender, Gender role, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Physical characteristics, Physical fitness, Police, Sports
    Subject: Ben Emerson, Bill McArdle, Cleopatra Clayton, Dan Bryant, Gallus Mag, Gil Fitzroy, Harry Bertolph, Harry Clifton, Harry Horton, Harry Prince, Hary Hill, Jack Perry, Josie Bourbon, Juan Mendez (Don Juan), Minnie Lord, Ned Sampson, Sue Martin, William Clayton
  93. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 25, 1829
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Transgender people
    Subject: James Allen
  94. The Female Husband and Male Wife

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 21, 1868
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, Marriage, Masculinities, Transgender people
  95. The Man Who Kissed Dr. Mary Walker

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: May 6, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressing, Harassment, Kissing
    Subject: Mary Walker
  96. The Man Woman Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 18, 1836
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Travel
    Subject: George Moore Wilson
  97. The Man Woman Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 18, 1836
    Topics: Childhood, Marriage law, Secrecy, Travel
  98. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Wilkes, George
    Date: Sep. 22, 1866
    Topics: Appearance, Discrimination, Gender identity
  99. The Man-Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language.
  100. The Men in Petticoats in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1870
    Topics: Clothing, Crimes, Crossdressing, Femininities, Secrecy