There's always "Eccentric British Noblewoman" as a background; based on the Jeeves and Wooster series, it seems one could justify nearly any skill by playing one of those fearsome creatures ("I learned demolitions to take care of the gopher problem on my estate. My gardeners had no intestinal fortitude at all!").

It seems to me that even when it is designed to enforce a particular setting, gender difference as far as profession and skill selection really end up just hampering people playing female characters more than anything else.