Memoir of a Basque Lieutenant Nun: Transvestite in the New World
Catalina de Erauso, Memoir of a Basque Lieutenant Nun: Transvestite in the New World, trans. By Michele Stepto and Gabriel Stepto (Boston: Beacon Press, 1996). Pages: vii-xliv, 3-80.
This first major primary source is the story of a woman who lived like a man while participating in the conquest of New Spain. Through this memoir, you will learn about the process of colonization and empire building while practicing gender analysis.
