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  1. Adventurous Lives of Women in Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Neville, Rupert
    Date: Jul. 31, 1910
    Topics: Army, Arrests, Children, Clothing, Crossdressing, FtMs, Hospitals, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Suffragettes
    Subject: Bill Edwards, Catherine Coombs, Charlie Wilson, Christian Davis, Hannah Snell, Harry Lloyd, Harry T. Buford, John Taylor, Madame Velasquez, Marie Le Roy, Mary Anne Talbot
  2. Amazing Double Life of Girl Who Lived for Years as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: McGlone Gibson, Idah
    Date: May 13, 1914
    Topics: Arrests, Bellhops, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, FtMs, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Native americans, Passing (Gender), Racism, Sexism
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Dorothy Klenowski, Marie White, Ralph Kerwinieo
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  3. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris
  4. Changing Clothes to Make Men Women and Women Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 21, 1911
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Law, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Billy Girard, C. T. Taletrifo, Helena Castle, Hetty King, Julian Eltinge, Lew Sully, Rose Driscoll, Rosw Grady, Sarah Bernhardt, Vesta Tilley
  5. Chicago Girl in Garb of Boy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 11, 1914
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Travel
    Subject: Ruth Myers
    Description: The Day Book (Chicago, IL)
  6. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris
  7. For Eight Years Posed as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: United Press
    Date: May 4, 1915
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Cora Anderson, Ralph Kerwinieo
    Description: The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)
  8. "Gus" Seib, Girl, Throws aside Mask

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 8, 1911
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Festivals, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: August A. Seib, Gus Seib, Joahan Hoch
    Description: The Wahpeton Times (Wahpeton, ND)
  9. Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 25, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Masculinities, Police, Theatre
    Subject: La Nier Watts, Trixie
  10. "Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 5, 1911
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Clarence Westfall, Margaret Swift
  11. Mob Pursues Man in Woman's Dress

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 28, 1910
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Physical violence
    Subject: E. C. Heffner, H. F. Pederson, Joe Swanson, L. B. Delano, Tom Ferrell, Walter Waller
  12. Posed as a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 4, 1915
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Educators, FtMs, Marriage, Masculinities
    Subject: Eugene de Forest, May Bradley
  13. Preferred Jail to Wearing Skirts

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 2, 1911
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Law, Wages
    Subject: Gus Seib
    Description: The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.)
  14. Seattle Man-Woman Bares "His" Soul

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 7, 1916
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, FtMs, Gender role, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Smoking
    Subject: Margaret Hart, Robert Gaffney
  15. Story of Woman "Father" of Family

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1916
    Topics: Arrests, Carpenters, Clothing, FtMs, Labour, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage, Social exclusion, Stealth
    Subject: Margaret Gaffney, Robert Gaffney
    Description: Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR)