Case of Arthur

The boys always called ma a sissy. Although I was not dressed as a girl, when my mother was away, I would put on my mothers clothes. My relatives and other people said that I looked like a girl. I swished very much as a child by my mother broke me of the habit. Later when I was about 18 years of age, I met Egan. He was my husband. We lived together for two years, and he gave me a marriage ring. I really loved him. I knew Egan was crazy about woman but that did not bother me. I knew that he was cheating.” "Case of Arthur," Burgess Collection, Box 98, Folder 11, The University of Chicago, Regenstein Library, Special Collections, Chicago, IL. (Courtesy of Special Collections, Regenstein Library, The University of Chicago)