Who is The Dog-Woman from Sexing the Cherry and what is their importance? Sexing_the_Cherry English & Literature The Dog-Woman | Sexing the Cherry

The Dog-Woman has a flat nose, heavy eyebrows and only a few teeth which are black and broken. Fleas live in the scars on her face that were caused by smallpox when she was a child. She is very large and outweighs an elephant, but she is very loyal to King Charles. The Dog-Woman rescues Jordan from a river when he is a baby, and she goes to Wimbledon with Jordan and John Tradescant. She attends the king's trial and avenges his death against the Puritans, though she is sad and lonely when Jordan leaves London to explore the world with Tradescant. She kills Preacher Scroggs and Neighbor Firebrace at a brothel. She forgets her former name, but she is now called the Dog-Woman.