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Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
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An autobiographical and investigative account by an instinctive female-impersonator that blends personal memoir, profiles of fellow androgynes, and commentary from medical and legal observers. It traces early life and development into public female presentation, describes urban nightlife, performances, episodes of blackmail and violence, and reproduces contemporary press reports of several unsolved murders. Interwoven reflections treat androgynism as a psychological condition and advocate for greater understanding and legal change. The book also incorporates verse and illustrative material to complement case narratives and social observations.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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I. The Author—A Modern Living Replica of the Ancient Greek Statue, “Hermaphroditos” (Photo by Dr. A. W. Herzog) Frontispiece
II. Ancient Greek Statue of an Androgyne, Called “Hermaphroditos,” Now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy 25
III. Alexander the Great—An Androgyne of the Mild Type 31
IV. Julius Cæsar—An Androgyne of the Mild Type 31
V. Raphael—the Most Gifted Ultra-Androgyne the World Has Known 33
VI. The “Fairie Boy” Ready to Set Out on Life’s Journey 53
VII. My Garden of Gethsemane 78
VIII. Front View of Author at Thirty-three (Photo by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt) 82
IX. Rear view of Author at Thirty-three (Photo by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt) 89
X. Fourteenth Street Rialto, Stamping-Ground of the Hermaphroditoi 105
XI. Stuyvesant Square, One of Jennie June’s Stamping Grounds 105
XII. Neighborhood Where Harvey Green Thought He “Finished” Jennie June 140
XIII. The Author at Thirty-four (Amateur photo) 164
XIV. Bowery, in the Nineteenth Century America’s Main Red-Light Street, and Stamping-Ground of Frank—Eunice, Angelo—Phyllis and Ralph Werther—Jennie June 169
XV. Michelangelo’s Adam 216
XVI. Whitestone Railroad Station (“Holy Ground”) 271, 272, 273
XVII. “The Boy of the Piave” (America’s gift to Italy in 1921) 277