WXDA Record #1149
VIENNA, AUG. 30.
21 September 1802
Summary
Item from a letter about a female soldier's audience with the Austrian Emperor: "A female named Scannagati, who served in the army for several campaigns during the late war without her sex having ever been discovered, and who always conducted herself as an heroine, was presented to his Imperial Majesty in full uniform at a late audience."
Full Title
21 Sep 1802. VIENNA, AUG. 30. Times p. 2 c. C.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 21 September 1802
- Provisional Category
- Woman Warrior
- Cross-dressing activity
- Military service; Gender transition
- Cross-dressing occupation
- Army
- Locations
- ViennaView on map
- Primary source topic
- Dressed as a man; Occupational purpose; Industrious
- Item format
- News report; Letter
- Motive
- Patriotism
- Attire
- Soldier clothes
- Stated Motive (Protagonist)
- No
- Sex Perceived by Others
- Female; Male
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Female
- Racialization
- Unmarked
People Mentioned in This Record
- Scannagati(Subject of study)Mentions— Female soldier. Served in the Austrian army in several campaigns and was presented to the Austrian Emperor in 1802.