Mountain Charley or the Adventures of Mrs. E. J. Guerin, Who Was Thirteen Years in Male Attire - Mrs. E. J. Guerin

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Mountain Charley or the Adventures of Mrs. E. J. Guerin, Who Was Thirteen Years in Male Attire, Mrs. E. J. Guerin, 1861 (1968), United States, AUTOBIOGRAPHY

"...Widowed at fifteen with two small children and no means of support, she decides to dress as a man, not only out of economic necessity but also to gain greater access to her husband's murderer...Over the years she works as a gold miner, owns a saloon, and herds cattle, and continues to dress as a man even after being "discovered"..."

(H.S., p. 238)