A Note From 1909 About An Anatomy Lesson

From the November 15, 1909 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Divorce on the singular grounds of fraud in the marriage contract was awarded Saturday to Dr. Alice Bush of Oakland. The fraud lay in the fact that R.K. Morgan, Dr. Bush’s ‘husband,’ who came from New York City, proved to be a woman. Morgan was not more than half Dr. Bush’s age, but the two had been constant companions.

They were married in 1905. The complaint does not state when the wife discovered her ‘husband’s’ sex, although it declares she was ‘was, is now, and always has been, female.’

Morgan has disappeared, and Dr. Bush refuses to discuss her adventure in matrimony.”

 

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