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1. Nov. 2023 · BY DAY, the pseudonymous Jennie June lived a respectable, middle-class life in early 20th-century New York. By night, he traipsed through the shadows of working-class communities as a woman, cruising soldiers and other trade. If he’d been born a century later, he might have seen himself as a trans woman or nonbinary person, but in ...
13. Okt. 2022 · a Forgotten 20th-Century Journalist & Early Defender of Sexual and Gender Diversity. “As a ghost writer, I have been somewhat more successful. than when writing under my own name.” — Mowry Saben. In the early 20th century, a mysterious author known as Jennie June published two autobiographies and wrote a third, unpublished, manuscript.
7. März 2017 · “ Autobiography of an Androgyne ,” by Ralph Werther, also known as Jennie June, chronicles a transsexual woman’s life in New York City at the turn of the 20th century, a life plagued by...
American by birth, ladylike by the grace of God. Gypsy. Carnivore. Simplicity. You can't Photoshop real life, bitches!Instagram: @JennieJune.
- Jumping Out of Hoops
- Written Pep Talks
- A Balancing Act
- Building A Movement
By the 1860s, she began writing for women's magazines like Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions, Demorest's Monthly Magazine, Home-Maker Magazine, and The Cycle (which she founded). Within these pages, June ignored fashion magazines’ standard of celebrating traditional looks and spurning innovation. Instead, she used her platform to promote clothes t...
June wanted to inspire women to change more than how they dressed. Her “Talks with Women" series pushed other issues close to June's heart, including success stories of accomplished women, the importance of women in the workplace, women’s access to education, equal pay, and their value in the home. The talks were a hit with readers and newsstand ow...
Amid her "busy newspaper lifestyle," June was also a devoted mother and proud homemaker. By 1877, she was her family’s sole breadwinnerafter a quarrel with his employers and eventual declining health forced her husband to stop working. For June, "having it all" required careful planning. She devoted the first three hours of her day to her children ...
On top of her storied journalism career, June also founded a series of women's clubs where issues of gender equality could be discussed within a strong community. She called the first Women’s Parliament in 1856 and the second in 1869. After June and fellow female journalists were barred from a talk Charles Dickens was giving in New York in 1868, sh...
Jennie June (pseudonyms Ralph Werther and Earl Lind, 1874 - ?) was a Victorian and Edwardian era writer and activist for the rights of people who didn't conform to gender and sexual norms. He was one of the earliest transgender individuals to publish an autobiography in the United States.
Jennie June was a Victorian and Edwardian era writer and activist for the rights of people who didn't conform to gender and sexual norms. He was one of the earliest transgender individuals to publish an autobiography in the United States. ...more. Combine Editions. Jennie June’s books.
