Women Sailors & Sailors' Women: An Untold Maritime History
Entry/Object ID
2004.0216.225
Description
"...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 book
