Esther Brandeau was, of course, the first Jewish woman to set foot in New France

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She did this while dressed as a man.

You know, you really have to wonder after a while exactly what percentage of sailors and soldiers and pirates and stagecoach drivers and what-all else were either openly defying gender norms or were hiding a big secret.

And just think - those links? Those are just the people we know about! Hell, for all we know every other woman to have ever existed may have done a stint in a typically male job! It's like Monstrous Regiment but with fewer monsters and more real people!

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