Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things Done

This collection introduces twenty-one women from different countries, eras, and racial backgrounds who wore men’s clothing despite laws and customs that restricted them. Among them are Joan of Arc and Khutulun. Through informal text, full-page cartoon-like portraits, archival photographs, and extensive sources, the book considers how women challenged fashion norms while pursuing work, art, leadership, fighting, and other roles that society often denied girls and women.