'This book really cheered me up. It is a strong scholarly work informed by a delicate and knowing substratum of expertise that informs the study with tender historical dexterity. Oram's analysis shows an historian at her best, someone who has laboured with recent history and found new material to which she provides broader insights, and in doing so has confronted and so redefined subcultural gender history, challenging the easy (or lazy) acceptance of dominant narratives and codes.' - Sally R. Munt, Times Higher Education
'This book really cheered me up. It is a strong scholarly work informed by a delicate and knowing substratum of expertise that informs the study with tender historical dexterity. Oram's analysis shows an historian at her best, someone who has laboured with recent history and found new material to which she provides broader insights, and in doing so has confronted and so redefined subcultural gender history, challenging the easy (or lazy) acceptance of dominant narratives and codes.' - Sally R. Munt, Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Sussex.
Oram (gender stuides, Univ. of Northampton) offers a specialized look at women who cross-dressed and their treatment in the popular press between 1900 and 1960. She demonstrates a broad rangeof rationales for cross-dressing, including romantic longings for other women and the desire to increase both earnings and social freedom. ... Oram provides a succinct overview of existing debates overcross-dressing and sexuality, and aedds her won compelling interpretation. Book is valuable addition to the literature -- CHOICE December 2008 Vol. 46 (R. A. Standish, San Joaquin Delta College)
'is a rich and fascinating study' 'Both meticulously researched and highly readable, Her Husband Was a Woman! will undoubtedly prove invaluable to scholars and students alike.' Rebecca Jennings, Women's History Review (Vol.19: Issue 4) Sept 2010
