Female husbands: a trans history

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Extraordinary lives.

Part one: UK husbands, 1740-1840: 1. The first female husband

2. The pillar of the community

3. The sailors and soldiers

4. The wives.

Part two: US husbands, 1830-1910: 5. The workers

6. The activists

7. The criminalized poor

8. The end of a category.

Conclusion: Sex trumps gender

Epilogue: The first female-to-male transsexual.

Notes

Index.