I wasn't more than an educated woman, men didn't often like that sort of thing when I'm from. But an education is very important it changes your life along with other lives. Perhaps you should teach? If I were a man that's what I would have done, I think.
Or perhaps I would have been a soldier with a big sword and shield, defending my king against fiend and foe. Protecting the honor of the innocent. Both seem equally honorable.