3.5: Transgender History and the Media: interview with Mehitabel Glenhaber

In 1954, during a legal battle over her right to perform in Boston, actress and singer Christine Jorgensen visited the Paul Revere House. This episode’s guest, Mehitabel Glenhaber, wrote a Revere House Gazette article about these events. Interpreter Cal shares how her training as a historical archaeologist informs how she answers her favorite visitor questions.Photo: Christine Jorgenson walking into Paul Revere's homePhoto: Christine Jorgenson outside Boston Information centerPhoto: Christine Jorgenson inside Paul Revere's house, kneeling beside a rocking cradleBook: Christine Jorgensen, a Personal Autobiography by Christine JorgensenInformation on Paul Revere House membership and Gazette subscriptionInformation on archeological work done at the Paul Revere House, 1980s-2010sBook: Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World: Massachusetts Merchants, 1670-1780 by Phyllis Whitman Hunterhttps://www.paulreverehouse.org/