Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Phoebe Hessel
Standard Name: Hessel, Phoebe
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12 December 1821: Phoebe Hessel died at Brighton, where a tombstone...
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12 December 1821
Phoebe Hessel
died at Brighton, where a tombstone records her claim to have reached the age of a hundred and eight, and to have served for five years in the army, wearing men's clothes.
Robinson, Jane. Pandora’s Daughters: The Secret History of Enterprising Women. Constable, 2002.
