Name/Title
Women Sailors & Sailors' Women: An Untold Maritime HistoryEntry/Object ID
2004.0216.225Description
"...Recent studies have shown that a surprising number of women went to sea. Come traveled as the wives or mistresses of captains. A few were smuggled aboard by officers or by seamen of the lower deck. An increasing number of cases have come to light of young women dressing in men's clothes and working alongside the sailors for months and sometimes yars on end."
Physical Description: Hardcover bookCollection
Maritime CollectionBook Details
Author
Cordingly, DavidEdition
FirstPublisher
Random HouseDate Published
1740 - 1860Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
910.4 C MaritimeISBN
0-375-50041-3Notes
Date: 2001
Copy No.: 1