Was a "Man" for Eight Years

Article in the Cleveland Gazette about a Black woman who chose to pass as a man to avoid gender discrimination in the workforce.

Item Information:

Identifier: 8k71nh494
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Publisher: Cleveland Gazette
Date Issued: 1909
Dates Covered: Apr. 29, 1909
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): James Allen
Maude Allen
Places: Maryland > City of Baltimore > Baltimore
Topic(s): Black people
Crossdressing
Discrimination
Transmasculine people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: No known copyright
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