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March 10, 2007

Women's History Month

Deborah Sampson
Alice Sheldon
An Englishwoman named Joan
A Frenchwoman named Joan
Mary Ann Evans Lewes
Baroness Amandine Aurore-Lucie Dupin Dedevant

This month we salute these women who had to disguise themselves as men to achieve their goals.
Deborah Sampson fought in the Revolutionary War. Alice Sheldon wrote Science Fiction.
Pope Joan ruled the Catholic Church and Joan of Arc defended France.
Mary Ann Evans novels were written under the name George Eliot and French writer George Sand was really the Baroness Amandine Aurore-Lucie Dupin Dedevant.

Posted by MaryF at March 10, 2007 02:20 PM