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CarveHerName
@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#OnThisDay, 2 Aug 1855, Elizabeth Ann Holman goes on trial in Plymouth, UK, for being a suspicious person because she was discovered to be a woman disguised as a man. The case is dismissed. As is a second charge against her for wearing trousers in 1858.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #BritishHistory#Histodons

newspaper cutting of the case detailing that she was charged for being a suspicious person. The highlighted text notes that she wore male attire "so that she could earn much higher wages as a man than she could have done otherwise".
newspaper cutting of the case detailing that she was charged for being a suspicious person. The highlighted text notes that she wore male attire "so that she could earn much higher wages as a man than she could have done otherwise".
newspaper cutting of the case detailing that she was charged for being a suspicious person. The highlighted text notes that she wore male attire "so that she could earn much higher wages as a man than she could have done otherwise".
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