Donoghue’s second conceptual cluster in this analysis is the “female husband” motif. That is, not simply women passing as men, but doing so in a context where they courted and/or married other women. The chapter begins with a general note on the prevalence of this type of event and the wide variety of superficial motivations for passing.
Ane Norton and Alice Pickford
An 18th century English marriage record lists this couple with no comment, although both appear to have female names.
