The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-21
WOMEN WHO POSED AS MEN.
Many Preserved Secret Until Death
Some Noted Instances.

Within a year six women have been
discovered, in America alone. who havei
successfully masqBeradfo as men; have
gone through legal fofm Of marriage
and even posed as the fathers of families.
Upward of twenty similar cases have
come to public attention recently in diff
ferent parts of the world. There have
been fOrty-three instances of women pos
ing as husbands within the last ten years.
One medical authority claims that one
woman in every 5000 is a victim OF this
peculiar mania
Two new instances have been added
recently to the amazing list of women
who have lived and died disguised as
men In both cases the women had been
married" and had reared and educated
children.
Mr.. William Howard - really Alice G.
Howard of Canandaigua, n. Y, who died
in her home, surrounded by her family,
on March p last, leaves a unique record.
She had lived with her wife" continu-
oUsly since their formal wedding per-
formed forty years ago. Her marriage
home to the day Of her death. She left
three children, OF whom she professed to
be very fond
George Green died recently in Peters
burg, Va, after masquerading for sixty
years as a woman. She had been mar
ried'' for thirty-fiVe years. She was Of
English birth ard had worked at many
forms Of manual labor, requiring both
strength and courage. Several years OF
her life were passed in the mines OF
Pennsylvania. She Died at the age Of II,
leaving a widow. SIZE had been regular
~ married by Roman Catholic priest.
Many New Workers have not entirely
recovered from the chagrin of discover
was a character widely known, active in
affairs. a local politician of prominence.
the last following in the world, il would
SEEM for such an enterprise. She Gar
81 THf
for many years without raising a sus-
picion, drank and smoked with the boys
and was an excellent judge of pretty
girls. She LETT a widow and an adopt
ed daughter, . years old. The most care
full search failed to throw any light upon
the Hall Woman's mysterious motives.
Within few weeks Of Murray Halls
death still another case OF this nature,
the woman by chance bearing the same
name attracted local attention Caroline
w. Hall. it viii be remembered, wearing
the dress of a man. and accompanied by
a wife" died suddenly on a steamer
bound for New York. This Hall woman
was a native of Boston.
According to the confession of the
wife, the two had travelled together all
over Europe without attracting the least
SUSPICION. The Hall Womans family was
aware of.the masquerade and deeply de-
plored IT, but had never been able to dis
suade her from her course.
There is probably no more remarkable
case Of such deception lasting for a pc
Rod of many years than that of the IA
nous "Chevaiier DION The chevaiier
was a woman, but not until her death,
at the age of 70 years, after being almost
continuously before the public was her
secret discovered. She became prominent
10 the court of Louis XIV, held several
public offices and was finally sent as the
kings diplomatic agent on an errand Of
great Importance to the court of the en-
press IF Russia. Her influence upon
public affairs in France was important
for half a century. Perhaps. after ALL
the most astounding evidence of the COM
parative commOnness Of such masQuerad-
ing is shown by the army records Of such
cases. Many Of these women have made
excellent soldiers Sergeant Frank
WAYNE, a woman whose real name was
Frances. rose to be an officer in the
United states army and was killed in
battle In 1852. Another, Franklin"
Thomson OF company T Of the Second
Nichigan. who was really a Mrs. Seelye,
served for several years and had the rep
utation of being a good soldier. Charles
d. Fuller. company D Of the Forty-siXth
/ Pennsylvania. and a Mrs. L. n. Blay-
+ lock of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina
and several others were discovered TO be
women during the civil war and were
s discharged from the service