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Becoming a woman
a biography of Christine Jorgensen
By Docter, Richard
- ISBN
- 978-1-56023-666-5
- Publisher
- New York : Harrington Park Press, the Trade Division of The Haworth Press, Inc., 2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 15, 2007
In 1950, George Jorgensen boarded the shipStockholm for Scandinavia and returned to the United States in 1952 as Christine Jorgensen. This was the first sex reassignment surgery covered in sensational fashion by the world media. In his biography, Docter (psychology, emeritus, California State Univ., Northridge) writes with great insight about the life and social history surrounding this remarkable woman. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
