male impersonators

The author, an Indonesian woman, describes the three years she spent, beginning at age twelve, disguised as a boy in order to avoid becoming a "comfort woman" to Japanese soldiers in a prison camp during World War II.

Contains graphic style stories about seven daring young women from around the world who disguised themselves as men in order to achieve their goals, including Hatshepsut,Mu Lan, Alfhild, Esther Brandeau, James Barry, Ellen Craft, and Sarah Rosetta Wakeman.