Iron Men, Wooden Women Michael J. Mahoney The discovery and imparting of

The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university

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Iron Men, Wooden Women Michael J. Mahoney The discovery and imparting ofFrom the voyage of the Argonauts to the Tailhook scandal, seafaring has long been one of the most glaringly male dominated occupations. In this groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Margaret Creighton, Lisa Norling, and their co authors explore the relationship of gender and seafaring in the Anglo American age of sail. Drawing on a wide range of American and British sources from diaries, logbooks, and account ledgers to songs, poetry, fiction, and a