Women disguised as men to follow their conscripted husbands into Syria.

Evidence

Forbidding the soldiers from having access to their wives proved to be difficult to enforce, however, and some of the women disguised themselves as men and followed their husbands all the way to Syria. When the authorities insisted on forbidding the wives from accompanying their husbands, the men grumbled strongly “and in order to counteract the feeling of despondency as far as possible, the wives, concubines, and parents of the conscripts have been allowed to accompany them.” — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1160

Categorization

• CANDY: A vivid, almost storylike detail — women dressing as soldiers to join husbands — that is quick to tell and memorable.