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Becoming a woman : a biography of Christine Jorgensen
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- Creator
- Richard F. Docter
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Haworth Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xxxix, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781560236665, 1560236663, 9781560236672, 1560236671
- OCLC
- ocm76939866
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.
- Christine, 1988 -- The Jorgensens -- Elementary and high school -- RKO Pathé and military service -- Hollywood, 1947 -- The male hormone -- The transsexual decision -- Copenhagen and Christian hamburger -- Medical intervention -- A new name, a new gender -- Ex-GI becomes blonde beauty -- Behind the headlines -- Return to New York -- The New York Post takes aim -- Denmark, the travel film -- Developing an act -- On the road -- The marriage license -- Exit Patricia Wilson -- Summer stock -- Autobiography -- The Christine Jorgensen film -- Retirement and illness -- The final year