Henri-Etta

Half-Man, Half-Woman

 

from Marc Hartzman: Henrietta Hoffman was born in 1907 in Richmond, England, a small 
         town outside of London. She was a normal child until age of 12 when a          
         change took place in her body. While most girls her age went through 
         puberty, Hoffman claimed a different experience. She became both womanly          
         and manly. By age 14, the right side of her body was completely covered          
         by hair and larger in every proportion. “The medical university at 
         Kent, England, after studying Henrietta’s case, pronounced it the          
         nearest and complete union of man and woman ever born together in one          
         body and yet live to be a perfect normal person in a healthy and mental          
         condition.”

         In the early 1930s, Henri-Etta performed at theaters across the 
         country, she was known as “Nature’s Question Mark.” She gave a lecture 
         on her condition and a demonstration of her body. Children under 16 
         were not allowed in the show. 

This page last updated March 22, 2005.

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