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“Well Known as Miss Betty Cooper”: Gender Expression in 18th-Century Boston

“Well Known as Miss Betty Cooper”: Gender Expression in 18th-Century Boston

By Caitlin Hopkins November 28, 2018 Early America, Trans 0 comments

One 1771 advertisement sought the recapture of an enslaved person known by two names: Cato and Miss Betty Cooper.

“Arresting Dress”: A Student Interview with Clare Sears

“Arresting Dress”: A Student Interview with Clare Sears

By Rachel Hope Cleves January 12, 2016 Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Pedagogy, Trans 0 comments

Clare Sears’ Arresting Dress examines the effects of San Francisco’s 1863 cross-dressing ordinance.