Episode 10 - Mary Jones
Women Vs Everything
English - June 04, 2021 12:28 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, a recently vaccinated Grace and Jess discuss the life and times of Mary Jones (born December 12, 1803, as Peter Sewally) was a black transgender New York Sex Worker and US soldier. She would wear "a dashing suit of male apparel" in the day while dressing in feminine attire. She is considered to be one of the first recorded openly transgender people in New York history. Sadly, she also served time in prison, which brings about discussion of the origins of the New York prison system
Sources:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jones_(trans_woman)
Xtra article: https://xtramagazine.com/power/mary-jones-patron-saint-of-the-scam-72972
Transas City: http://transascity.org/mary-jones-1836/
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/raquelwillis_/status/834862459156471808?lang=en
Bustle: https://www.bustle.com/p/5-black-trans-women-in-history-who-paved-the-way-for-me-8095625
Another Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/campbellx/status/1233911424663117824?lang=en
Mygwork: https://www.mygwork.com/en/my-g-news/black-on-both-sides-snortons-retelling-of-black-trans-history
Out History: https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/sewally-jones/man-monster
Autostraddle: https://www.autostraddle.com/10-lesser-known-trans-women-pioneers-from-history-316582/
http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/state/html/nyprisons.html
https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-web-report/american-history-race-and-prison
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Wikipedia - Black New York History