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I have absolutely no ideal...I don't know much about history help me out please

2007-08-24 07:39:20 · 6 answers · asked by flyingqueen88 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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From wikiedia...
Billy Tipton was a notable jazz pianist and saxophonist in the United States during the Great Depression. He was born Dorothy Lucille Tipton in 1914, but began living as a man in the 1930s. He was married five times to women, and adopted three boys. He led a full career as a musician and, in later life, as an entertainment agent. Other than his birth family, no one knew of his birth sex or cross-living until after his death in 1989.
Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax was a lead singer in several important gospel quartets, most famously the Spirit of Memphis Quartet. When he died in 1994, it was discovered that he was female bodied.
Because female enlistment was barred, many women fought for both the Union and the Confederacy during the American Civil War while dressed as men.
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey in the early 1700s is reported to have enjoyed going out wearing his wife's clothing, but this is disputed.
Eddie Izzard, a British stand-up comedian, claims to have cross-dressed his entire life. He often performs his in feminine clothing, and has discussed his cross dressing as part of his act. He calls himself an 'executive transvestite'.

2007-08-24 07:49:38 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 0 0

Is this possibly a reference to the cross-dressing activities of long-time FBI Director J. Edger Hoover?

2007-08-24 07:51:44 · answer #2 · answered by CanProf 7 · 0 0

it is custom that black or a dismal shade jointly with military be worn at funerals in Western society. In some eastern cultures it truly is classic to placed on white. In older factors of Italy as an occasion while the husband dies the widow especially wears black for the remainder of her life.

2016-12-12 11:10:45 · answer #3 · answered by mcintire 4 · 0 0

May be a reference to the false rumor that Jefferson Davis was wearing a dress when he was arrested in Georgia. (He was wearing his wife's shawl.)

And you really should get at least one ideal. Everyone needs to stand for something.

2007-08-24 09:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by Jonathan D 5 · 0 0

Exactly what is the "history era"?

A lot of women were wearing black dresses throughout history?

2007-08-24 07:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

J. Edgar Hoover, the top dog of the FBI, was a known cross-dresser.

2007-08-25 18:27:02 · answer #6 · answered by lihanmu 3 · 0 0

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