WXDA Person Record #931

Female Husbandman of Saint-Vigor-les-Mourier

Also worked as a shepherd and as a paver in Paris, and as an overseer of "the paviour": "Her secret never transpired, and probably would not have been known at this time, if we consider the age at which she died, had she been attended by a professional man in whom she could have safely reposed confidence."

Person Details

Person Type

Subject of study

Presumptive Sex

Female

Social Rank

Lower class

Title

Female Husbandman of Saint-Vigor-les-Mourier

Alternative Name

Female Husbandman of Saint-Vigor-les-Mourier

Mentioned in 1 Record

• Paris, Feb. 14.
  21 Feb 1786Woman Worker

  A woman "who had constantly appeared in the disguise of man's apparel" was discovered at death. "She was an orphan of illegitimate intercourse" and dressed as a…