Female Husbands: A Trans History

Drawing from archival records, newspaper clippings, and court documents, historian Jen Manion uncovers the untold stories of people assigned female at birth who lived as men and married women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This meticulously researched work challenges assumptions about gender and identity in the past.

~ Included for its groundbreaking contribution to trans history, reclaiming narratives that defy binary definitions and illuminating lives that have too often been erased. ~