Before gender : lost stories from trans history, 1850-1950 / Eli Erlick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erlick, Eli, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Biography.

Trans people.

Trans people--History.

Genre:

Transgender biographies.

Transgender history.

Non-binary history.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

268 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2025]

Summary:

"An expansive exploration of the exciting lives of 30 trans people from 1850-1950 that radically changes everything you've been told about transgender history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Rewriting the narrative. The issues ; Pop history ; Trans identity and the Cleopatra problem ; Lessons from lost trans history

The kids. The brothers: Mark and David Ferrow ; The outlaw: Effie Smith ; The singer: Masoud El Amaratly ; The shoemaker: Ray Leonard ; The lover: Mabel Stanley ; The girl bandit: Emma Heinrich ; The horse thief: Willie Ray

The activists. The freed woman: Sally-Tom ; The countess: Gerda von Zobeltitz ; The petitioner: Carl Crawford ; The runaway: Mollie Wilson ; The healer: Muksamse'lapli ; The pacificist: Sadie Acosta ; The community leader: Georgia Black ; The guardian: Okiyo ; The professor: Maude Milbourne

The workers. The maid: Josephine Robinson ; The cobra woman: Elsie Marks ; The dancer: Albín Pleva ; The florist: John Berger ; The butler: Alfred Grouard ; The craftswoman: Ann Storcy ; The boy-of-all-work: Frank Williams

The athletes. The billiardist: Frances Anderson ; The matador: Agustín Rodríguez ; The pentathlete: Stefan Pekar ; The wrestler: Bill Winters ; The teammates: Léon Caurla and Pierre Brésolles

Conclusion: A new gender history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version:

Erlick, Eli. Before gender

Online version: Erlick, Eli. Before gender

ISBN:

9780807017357

0807017353

OCLC:

1454849894