Polish general who fought with Washington may have been a woman

[G_j]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/06/casimir-pulaski-polish-general-woman-intersex?CMP=fb_gu

Researchers believe Casimir Pulaski’s skeleton indicates the 18th-century cavalry officer may have been female or intersex

Jessica Glenza


A new Smithsonian Channel documentary examines the history of Casimir Pulaski, a Polish cavalryman who became a protege of George Washington.

Researchers began their work when a monument to the general in Savannah, Georgia, was set to be removed. Pulaski’s bones were contained in a metal box under the monument, which was erected in 1854. Charles Merbs, a forensic anthropologist at Arizona State University who worked on the case, said that allowed researchers to exhume the skeleton for study.

“Basically I couldn’t say anything about what I found until the final report came out,” Merbs told ASU Now. He worked with Dr Karen Burns, a physical anthropologist at the University of Georgia, and other experts.


“Dr Burns said to me before I went in, ‘Go in and don’t come out screaming.’ She said study it very carefully and thoroughly and then let’s sit down and discuss it. I went in and immediately saw what she was talking about.

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[Farmer-Rick]

1. Interesting person

I would of really liked to know what he thought.