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- Title
`I am the woman for spirit': A working woman's gender transgression in Victorian London.
- Authors
Townsend, Camilla
- Abstract
Focuses on the gender transgression of Sarah Geals in London, England during the Victorian era. Letter to shoemaker James Giles; Reason for surge in female cross-dressers; Assumption of William Smith identity; Marriage to Caroline; James Giles' discovery; Rape attempt; Gun shot episode; Prison life; Nature of cross-dressing.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; LONDON (England); GEALS, Sarah; CROSS-dressers; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Studies, 1993, Vol 36, Issue 3, p293
- ISSN
0042-5222
- Publication type
Literary Criticism