Comments on: Charley Parkhurst: Stage Driver Extraordinaire http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/06/08/charley-parkhurst-stage-driver-extraordinaire/ Romancing The West Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ariana http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/06/08/charley-parkhurst-stage-driver-extraordinaire/comment-page-1/#comment-35184 ariana Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:03:41 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=8233#comment-35184 WOW, this story is sooo fascinating...i read the book and it was awesome...i love the author.._ariana! WOW, this story is sooo fascinating…i read the book and it was awesome…i love the author.._ariana!

]]> By: Winnie Griggs http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/06/08/charley-parkhurst-stage-driver-extraordinaire/comment-page-1/#comment-24363 Winnie Griggs Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:48:56 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=8233#comment-24363 Hi Joanne! Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment. Oh, that book sounds fascinating, I'll have to look for it next time I'm in the bookstore. Hi Joanne! Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment. Oh, that book sounds fascinating, I’ll have to look for it next time I’m in the bookstore.

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/06/08/charley-parkhurst-stage-driver-extraordinaire/comment-page-1/#comment-24359 Joanne Rock Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:04:03 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=8233#comment-24359 Oh how interesting!! As it happens, I'm reading Pope Joan right now... a work of historical fiction about the life that might have belonged to the woman who is rumored to have served as a Pope in the Middle Ages. The rumor is widely dismissed, but the fact that it has been around for so long gives it more weight, IMHO. Anyway, Joan's adventure certainly was similar to Charley's. Joan decided she appreciated the freedom of living as a man, so it was tough to go back. Thanks for taking such an interesting side journey in your research, Winnie!! Oh how interesting!! As it happens, I’m reading Pope Joan right now… a work of historical fiction about the life that might have belonged to the woman who is rumored to have served as a Pope in the Middle Ages. The rumor is widely dismissed, but the fact that it has been around for so long gives it more weight, IMHO. Anyway, Joan’s adventure certainly was similar to Charley’s. Joan decided she appreciated the freedom of living as a man, so it was tough to go back.

Thanks for taking such an interesting side journey in your research, Winnie!!

]]> By: Winnie http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/06/08/charley-parkhurst-stage-driver-extraordinaire/comment-page-1/#comment-24291 Winnie Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:08:21 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=8233#comment-24291 Patricia - Hi! Ah, I can see you have launched your own story weaving journey on this one.... Patricia – Hi! Ah, I can see you have launched your own story weaving journey on this one….

]]> By: Patricia Barraclough http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2009/06/08/charley-parkhurst-stage-driver-extraordinaire/comment-page-1/#comment-24288 Patricia Barraclough Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:36:51 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/?p=8233#comment-24288 What an interesting snippet of information. I think it is interesting that she kept her secret until her death. Often women would masquerade as men during a war so they could fight and sometimes for a period of time so they could hold a job. But most eventually took their identity back to live out their life. Had the baby clothes they found been used or were they part of a "hope chest" stash? If new, she obviously wanted a child, so why didn't she take back her female identity? If used, when did she spend time as a woman to conceive and have a child? Father? Fate of child? Why did she go back to being a man? I can understand not wanting to give up the freedom of being a man. It probably wasn't worth the trouble and loss in status to become a woman again. You wonder how lonely her life was and what she thought of the man and child that had been part of her life. Like several others, I noticed the feminine profile. Thanks for an intriguing post. What an interesting snippet of information. I think it is interesting that she kept her secret until her death. Often women would masquerade as men during a war so they could fight and sometimes for a period of time so they could hold a job. But most eventually took their identity back to live out their life. Had the baby clothes they found been used or were they part of a “hope chest” stash? If new, she obviously wanted a child, so why didn’t she take back her female identity? If used, when did she spend time as a woman to conceive and have a child? Father? Fate of child? Why did she go back to being a man?
I can understand not wanting to give up the freedom of being a man. It probably wasn’t worth the trouble and loss in status to become a woman again. You wonder how lonely her life was and what she thought of the man and child that had been part of her life. Like several others, I noticed the feminine profile.
Thanks for an intriguing post.

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