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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70122419 Title: The first man-made man : the story of two sex changes, one love affair, and a twentieth-century medical revolution Author: Pagan Kennedy Publisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007. ISBN/ISSN: 1596910151 9781596910157 OCLC:70122419

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The first man-made man : the story of two sex changes, one love affair, and a twentieth-century medical revolution

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The first man-made man : the story of two sex changes, one love affair, and a twentieth-century medical revolution

Author:	Pagan Kennedy
Publisher:	New York, NY : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st U.S. ed
Summary:	In the 1920s when Laura Dillon felt like a man trapped in a womanʼs body, there were no words to describe her condition; ʺtranssexualsʺ had yet to enter common usage. And there was no known solution to being stuck between the sexes. Laura Dillon did all she could on her own: she cut her hair, dressed in menʼs clothing, bound her breasts with a belt. But in a desperate bid to feel comfortable in her own skin, she Read more...
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Named Person:	Michael Dillon; Michael Dillon; Roberta Cowell
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Pagan Kennedy Find more information about:
ISBN:	1596910151 9781596910157
OCLC Number:	70122419
Description:	214 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility:	Pagan Kennedy.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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In the 1920s when Laura Dillon felt like a man trapped in a womanʼs body, there were no words to describe her condition; ʺtranssexualsʺ had yet to enter common usage. And there was no known solution to being stuck between the sexes. Laura Dillon did all she could on her own: she cut her hair, dressed in menʼs clothing, bound her breasts with a belt. But in a desperate bid to feel comfortable in her own skin, she experimented with breakthrough technologies that ultimately transformed the human body and revolutionized medicine. From upper-class orphan girl to Oxford lesbian, from post-surgery romance with Roberta Cowell (an early male-to-female) to self-imposed exile in India, Michael Dillonʼs incredible story reveals the struggles of early transsexuals and challenges conventional notions of what gender really means. Also includes information on Roberta Cowell, Christine Jorgensen, Institute for Sexual Science (Berlin), estrogen, testosterone, etc.

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