The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard
If you still need more publications The Woman I Was Born To Be, By Aleshia Brevard as referrals, visiting look the title and also style in this site is available. You will certainly locate even more lots books The Woman I Was Born To Be, By Aleshia Brevard in numerous self-controls. You could likewise as soon as feasible to check out the book that is currently downloaded and install. Open it and save The Woman I Was Born To Be, By Aleshia Brevard in your disk or device. It will certainly alleviate you any place you need the book soft file to check out. This The Woman I Was Born To Be, By Aleshia Brevard soft data to read can be recommendation for every person to enhance the ability as well as capacity.
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard
Read Ebook The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard
For nearly 50 years, Aleshia Brevard hid the fact that she was one of America’s first transsexuals from her friends, stepchildren, fellow actors and actresses, film producers, students, university administrators and even from her four husbands. The Woman I Was Born To Be is a sequel to Ms. Brevard’s earlier book, The Woman I Was NOT Born To Be. This book covers the second half of her exciting life, describing the many challenges she encountered and triumphs she achieved after having fulfilled her boyhood dream of becoming her authentic self and finding acceptance as the woman whom from boyhood she’d known herself to be. The Woman I Was Born To Be is not merely a transsexual tale. It is a story of personal evolution, of coming of age, and realizing that to deny one’s history is to deny oneself. In this memoir, Ms. Brevard addresses present-day gender issues in counterpoint with flashbacks from her own personal story, which includes her professional success in theater, television, and in academia. The Woman I Was Born To Be is both an autobiographical account of one woman’s life and a retrospective on the ever-changing landscape of the gender community. With wit, candor, and insight, Ms. Brevard entertains, educates, and enlightens as she tells her unique saga. Find a comfortable seat and turn the first page. By book’s end, you’ll agree Aleshia Brevard is living life to the fullest as the woman she was indeed born to be.
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard- Amazon Sales Rank: #831905 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .55" w x 6.00" l, .73 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 244 pages
About the Author Told with truth, humor and flair, this is the autobiography of one transsexual's wild ride from boyhood as Alfred Brevard ("Buddy") Crenshaw in rural Tennessee to voluptuous female entertainer in Hollywood. Aleshia Brevard, as she is now known, underwent gender confirmation surgery in Los Angeles in 1962, one of the first such operations in the United States. (The famous gender disorientation pioneer, Dr. Harry Benjamin, broke news of their son’s transsexual diagnosis to Brevard's astonished parents.) Under the stage name Lee Shaw, Brevard worked as a drag queen at Finocchio's, a San Francisco nightclub, doing Marilyn Monroe impersonations. (Like Marilyn, she thrived on romance and had a string of entanglements with men.) Later, she worked as a stripper in Reno and as a Playboy Bunny at the Sunset Strip hutch. After playing opposite Don Knotts in the movie The Love God in 1969, Brevard appeared in 7 more films during her career. After breaking into TV as a regular on the Red Skelton Show, in the early 1970s she appeared in 37 television productions and over 50 stage shows and tours. She created the role of Tex on the daytime soap opera One Life To Live. Brevard was America’s first transsexual actress to appear in prime time television, even though her gender history was never made public. Following her theatrical career, Brevard returned to teach theater at East Tennessee State, the same university she had attended as a boy. This memoir is a rare pre-Women's Movement account of coming to terms with gender identity. Brevard writes frankly about the degree to which she organized her life around pleasing men, and how absurd it all seems to her now.
Where to Download The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard
Most helpful customer reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. a Woman that has walked in every American Womans Heels By Jennifer Ames "The Woman I WAS Born to Be" echoes the story of many American women. The author has walked in their heels: daughter, woman, wife and, for some, as an actress in film and early television.Aleshia Brevard transitioned directly from boyhood into a time when women depended on men, then graduated to a position of self-empowerment. Aleshia is an inspiration. Her book is written with an honesty that will touch everyone, giving readers a taste how women really handle becoming their own woman .Jennifer AmesMedia Consultant & Life Coach, H.B.O, C.N.N, the Learning Channel and A&E. A former model, she has been a professor on self-development for over a decade.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Excellent sequel to "The Woman I Was Not Born To Be" By Dave Parker This is a later-in-life continuation of Ms Brevard's memoir "The Woman I Was NOT Born To Be," published in 2001. For those who have not read her earlier book, Ms. Brevard begins with 6 pages of brief, chronological excerpts of her earlier work so the reader knows where she is coming from. To get maximum benefit from this book, you should read her earlier one first. Like that earlier publication, this one reads like a discussion between family members or friends."The Woman I Was Born To Be" starts with the death of her mother. Her close relationship with, but lack of understanding of, her mother comes through here as it has in her earlier work. The gap between relationships in their rural East Tennessee town and the bright lights and success Aleshia has experienced is oceans wide. Through additional stories of her life as a college professor, high school teacher, manager of a modeling agency, and - oh, yes - a successful stage, screen, and television actress, Miss Brevard demonstrates unequivocally that hard work and ambition can overcome a desperate childhood.Her several unsuccessful marriages reflect mostly on the 1950s Southern attitudes about a woman's place. Her goal of becoming a complete woman was based on that training - a "good woman" must be subservient to her man. It was only recently, after four marriages and numerous other unsuccessful relationships that her heart accepted what her brain already knew - she didn't need another person to be herself.This book reeks with distrust for men. Considering her actual experiences with her father, her husbands, talent agents, and employers, that should be no surprise.After living most of her adult life in stealth, publication of her first book outed her to anyone who heard of it. Her fears that all her associates - including where she was teaching high school - would shun her as so many had in the past were unfounded. Now, late in life, she has become more of an activist. Like her books; she is in a great position to help young transsexuals find their way.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Superb Memoir By Bev KC This book and the first one are superb memoirs of what it was like to be transsexual in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Aleshia is not only an exceptionally brave, smart and accomplished lady, but very insightful into the workings of society and the challenges that transwomen face today. Her writing is very high class comensurate with the graduate degreed educator that she is. She is a wonderful and gracious lady and her stories, observations and philosophical wit give hope to those who are walking the same path and provide a window into that world for those who seek understanding. She has a superb gift of reaching out to touch those who might otherwise fail to listen.
See all 18 customer reviews... The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia BrevardThe Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard PDF
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard iBooks
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard ePub
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard rtf
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard AZW
The Woman I Was Born To Be, by Aleshia Brevard Kindle
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar