Mannishness


Mannishness

See also Boyishness.Amazonfemale warrior. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 18]Boadicea(Boudicca) British queen and warrior; slew 80,000 Romans. [Br. Hist.: Walsh, Classical, 58]Bradamantfemale knight-errant. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso]Brass, Sallycouldn’t tell her apart from brother Sampson. [Br. Lit.: The Old Curiosity Shop]OmphaleLydian queen; wore Hercules’ lion skin. [Gk. Myth.: Wheeler, 269]Rosie the Riveterpopular WWII song romanticizing women workers. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 395]