Jo Stanley

Women Pirates Across the Ages

Bold in Her Breeches

Paul Baker

When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans. Never before has the story been told of the masses. These are the thousands of queer seafarers, mainly stewards, who sometimes even outnumbered the straight men in the catering departments of ships that were household names and the pride of the British fleet. Hello Sailor! uniquely shows what it was like to be queer at sea at a time when land meant straightness.

The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea

Hello Sailor!

Traditionally, a woman’s place was never on stormy seas. But actually thousands of dancers, purserettes, doctors, stewardesses, captains and conductresses have taken to the waves on everything from floating palaces to battered windjammers. Their daring story is barely known, even by today’s seawomen. From before the 1750s, women fancying an oceangoing life had either to disguise themselves as cabin ‘boys’ or acquire a co-operative husband with a ship attached. Early pioneers faced superstition and discrimination in the briny ‘monasteries’. Today women captain cruise ships as big as towns and work at the highest level in the global maritime industry. This comprehensive exploration looks at the Merchant Navy, comparing it to the Royal Navy in which Wrens only began sailing in 1991. Using interviews and sources never before published, Jo Stanley vividly reveals the incredible journey across time taken by these brave and lively women salts.

250 Years of Women at Sea

From Cabin ‘Boys’ to Captains

The Under 12 footy (soccer) teams are having a rock 'n' roll disco! Rainbow is excited to wear colored hairspray and funky clothes at a real disco, but why is Lucy's cousin Pina being mean? Will Rainbow and Pina work things out before the epic match?

Totally Epic!

The Flyers are on a winning streak! But what happens when their fastest player Lucy hits a muddy patch on the field? Poor Lucy feels like the unluckiest girl in the world! Will the doctor give her the all clear to play the next game? And which team will bring home the trophy in the GRAND FINAL?

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