Fascinating Women Who Posed as Men to Do a ‘Man’s Job’

Hannah Snell

In the 18th century, when her husband abandoned her after the death of their daughter, Snell joined the army assuming the name James Gray. As a soldier, she was shot in the groin and instructed a local woman to remove the bullet to avoid revealing her gender to military surgeons. Years later, following her retirement, she opened a pub in London called the The Female Warrior.