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Why did these women chose to dress as or 
live as men (read here to find out more about the individuals
on this page.)

Check out Leslie Feinberg's book _Transgender_Warriors_ (Great History!)
and
Kate Bornstein's _Gender_Outlaws_

Jan Morris, author of _Conundrum_ is a very interesting MtoF 
who was a war correspondent and has written several history books.

Here are some pictures of some FtoM's from History
(I am using a very broad definition, including crossdressers as 
well as women "passing" as men)

Cora Anderson/Ralph Kerwinieo



Dr. Mary Walker, Bio
Lead character in female dress reform


Mary Anderson/Murray HallA Prominent New York Politician for 30 yrs.  
Died of breast cancer in 1901.


Dr. Allan Lucill Hart (http://www.transhistory.org is no longer?!)



Hannah Snell, soldier (1700's)


William Cathay/Cathay Williams, First Female Buffalo Solider
Cathay Williams, Black women soldier



Harry T. Buford/Loreta Janeta VelazquezFull Text of The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the 
Exploits, Adventures and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta 
Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, 
Confederate States Army. Richmond, Va: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 
1876available at this website!  


>Private Albert D. J. Cashier/Jennie Hodgers


Lyons Wakeman/Sarah Wakeman-working as a coal handler on a river
barge in New York and later enlisted in the army
Her tombstone bears the name Lyons Wakeman
Read more in the book An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters 
of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman 153rd Regiment, New York Volunteers, 
1862­1864, edited by Lauren Cook Burgess, Oxford University 
Press, New York, $9.95



Dr.Barry, Bio
Attorney General


Erauso, Book/Bio
I enjoyed the book and all Erauso's escapades, even if they might
be a bit made up (that was a part of why they were so fun)

Charlie Pankhurst/Charlotte Darkey Parkhurst/E.J. Guerin 
Also known as "Mountain Charlie" and "One-eyed Charlie"
read more in:
Mountain Charley: Or The Adventures Of Mrs. E. J. Guerin,Who Was
Thirteen Years In Male Attire By: Guerin, E. J. Published by,
University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. 
Riding Freedom- a children's book about Charlie


Rae Leonard (1849-1925)- dressed and worked as a male for 40 
years (paper posted with the permission of the author)

Si Mahmoud Essadi/Laila Mahmuda/Isabelle Eberhardt
(www.fringeware.com is no more :-(  I'll have to find another 
link)
Read more in these books:Departures by Isabelle Eberhardt, 1994 
  The Oblivion Seekers by Isabelle Eberhardt (Paul Bowles, trans.), 1988 
  Prisoner of Dunes by Isabelle Eberhardt (Sharon Bangert, trans.), 1995 
  The Passionate Nomad : The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt by   Isabelle Eberhardt,1988 
  In the Shadow of Islam by Isabelle Eberhardt (Sharon Bangert, trans.), 1993 
  The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt by Cecily MacKworth, 1986 
  Two Ladies of Colonial Algeria : The Lives and Times of Aurelie Picard and Isabelle Eberhardt by Ursula Kingsmill Hart, 1987 


"Pancho" Barnes/Florence Leontine Lowe Barnes-Pilot
The Pancho Barnes Story


Charles Brown/Charlotte Charke- Actress



Pictures of the artist Rosa Bonheur 
and wife, a picture of the certificate granting Bonheur 
permission to dress as a man, and Some of Bonheur's Art



Memorial to Gluck, and Gluck's art!


Billy Tipton, musician
Bio and book
Billy Tipton's music (in real audio), click on the real audio icon to listen.

Amy Bock

Jim Harris/Annie Lee Grant- "Grant passed as "Jim McHarris" for 20 years in order to get higher-paying "men's work." She worked as a short order cook, cab driver, gas station    attendant, preacher and shipyard worker. Grant's secret was discovered when she was stopped for a traffic violation in 1954."
(From http://www.blackstripe.com/blacklist/blacklist2.html The Blacklist


 Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton- For music sound clips go to 
http://www.ubl.com and search under the artist 
Big Mama Thornton

Martino, Mario/Harriett wrote an autobiography entitled 
Emergence : a transsexual autobiography published in New 
York by Crown Publishers c1977.

Phranc's Bio, bandleader
Phranc, in a Dress!!! :0

Listen to Leslie Feinberg read from his work



Elizabeth Cobbs/Pete Smith
Testified against her uncle and other KKK members in a church 
bombing case.  Underwent gender reassignment surgery and lived
as Pete Smith. Read more in her book Long Time Coming
"Be fair and keep an open mind"- Elsie Harris' essay on Petric Smith
More on Elizabeth Cobbs/Pete Smith


And a very sad story

  Emmon Ingalls Bodfish born Margaret 
Ingalls Bodfish, tragic murder and a wish to have a park in his memory.

More Transgenders in History

Female Cross-dressers- a great historic and 
international list!

Daring Damsels (some were crossdressers) Fun Reads

*Bev Greene's article in Oasis Magazine spotlighting a number of 
FtoM's in history

Transsexual, transgender and Intersex History 
(http://www.transhistory.org is no more?)
what a shame, it was an excellent page, with many FtoM's and MtoF's

You don't know Dick: courageous hearts of transgendered men
a film about some modern day women who have chosen to become men


 20th century transgender history and experience
A broader overview with some bios 
http://www.monitor.net/~candice/history/Class/index.htm - 
appears to no longer be available :-(

Transgendered Saints
Queer History's list of Transgendered saints Women who posed as men and became monks.  
MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND ISLAM--SAINTS
*St Anastasia the Patrician
   *St Anna/Euphemianos
   *St Apollinaria/Dortheos
   *St Athanasia of Antioch
   *St Eugenia/Eugnios
   *St Hilaria/Hilarion
   *St Marina/Marinos
   *St Marina (2)
   *St Matrona/Babylas
   *St. Pelagia/Pelagios
   *St. Theodora/Theodorus 
   *St. Euphrosyne/Smaragdus
   *St. Papula of Gaul
   *St Thekla
   *St Hildegonde of Neuss near Cologne
                    [all the above women dressed and lived as
                    men, usually monks]


MY FAVORITE MOVIES
Yentl, was based on his story Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (1983)
Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer and starring Barbara Steisand

Disney's MULAN- also based on a popular folk legend 
For a short synopsis see:
The ballad of Mulan: China's Woman Warrior
And of Course:
 The Ballad of Little Jo

AND BOOKS

And a few MtoF's in History (Present and Past)
Christine Jorgensen

Stella Walsh
also know as Stanislawa Walasiewick
Stella was an Olympic Medalist

We'Wha Famous Zuni Berdache>lhamana who visited the
Whitehouse in the late 1800's. Expert weaver, she shared her 
skills and talents openly in an effort to preserve her culture.
Advocate of her people's rights she once threw 2 US soldiers out 
of her doorway.  One got his coat tales stuck in the door and had
to cut them off with is sword to escape.  We'Wha was loved by all
the children and even though she was the biggest and strongest of
the Zuni's none of the politicians in Washington even questioned
that she was a woman.  To find out more about We'Wha read Will
Roscoe's The Zuni Man-Woman

Webpage on We'Wha

Another page dedicated to We'Wha
Picture of We'wha
Picture 2 of We'wha
Picture 3 of We'wha
Picture 4 of We'wha

Jan Morris (author of Conundrum, her autobiography, and several
history and travel books)

Kate Bornstein (author of Gender Outlaws)

Georgina Beyer- out transgendered MtoF who is now an elected mayor!
Read more in her book The Georgina Beyer story.

Lady Chablis/Benjamin Edward Knox
Hiding My Candy: The Autobiography of the Grand Empress of 
Savannah Nonfiction by The Lady Chablis (with Theodore Bouloukos)
Copyright 1996, 208 pages, $14 (with photos)Pocket Books Division 
of Simon and Schuster


READ MORE
If you want to learn more about the
remarkable people on this page check out these books on
transgenders
Transgender Bibliography

CheckUsed Book Finderfor copies of out of print books.


Remember:
Just because you are different doesn't mean that you should feel
bad about yourself.  The creator of this universe thought diversity was a good thing, and that is why there are so many 
different types of animals in the world.  If you read up on it
you'd be amazed and the wonderful variety that exists in nature!

FTM's links to More Bios  of F2M's M2F's and supports and TG History

Transgender Library Reading Room

PFLAG's (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Article on 
"Our Transgendered Children"


Significant Other's of TG's Reading List

Transgender Bibliography


"FTM" web page

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