A cross-dresser in Russia's war
Link4/6/2008
"On March 27, Professor Hilde Hoogenboom from the University of Albany
gave a presentation to Baruch students on Nadezhda Durova, a
noblewoman who served in the Russian military during the early 18th
century. Sponsored by Baruch's History Department, Modern Languages
Department and Woman Studies Program, the event, titled "A
Cross-Dressing Woman Cavalry Officer in Russia's War Against Napoleon:
Nadezhda Durova's Career as Aleksandr Aleksandrovich," concluded
Women's History Month."
