Woman Poses as Husband
A remarkable Story of a woman who for twelve years pased herself off as a man, and earned her living by the most virile occupations, was unfolded in a trial boforo the Mainz Courts. •Maria Einsmann was the wife of a goldsmith, but their marriage was dissolved in 1919. Thinking it easier for a man than for a woman to find work, she donned an old suit of her husband’s clothes, and, with the help of his insurance card assumed his identity, fo complete the disguise she persuaded another divorced woman to live with her as her “wife,” and gave herself out as the father of the friend’s two children. Her strange career was ended by an injury to her hand. She was sent to hospital where her secret was discovered.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7062, 23 January 1933, Page 2
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