A limited-edition print object, referencing a double broadsheet newspaper, that includes stories transcribed from late 19th and early 20th century news archives describing the surprisingly large numbers of women found aboard battleships, submarines and passenger ships as sailor and stowaways. These were especially popular in British and American newspapers of the 1920s, alongside images and advertisements featuring gender-norm challenging “flappers.” Design elements include gender-remixed lithographs of pirates, courtesans, and sailors, remixed signal flags, and a collage of images of ships at sea known to contain these female sailors and stowaways.

Conceived and created by Rebecca Sittler and Anastasia Palamarchuk

Published by the Institute for Inverted Histories

Two broadsides, each 19.75 × 27.875 inches
Ships folded, 7 × 10 inches