Roberta Cowell

Roberta Cowell

Roberta Cowell, born as Robert Cowell on May 21, 1919, became the first known British male-to-female transsexual to undergo vaginoplasty on May 15, 1951 via a surgical method invented and performed by Dr. Harold Gillies. This occurred almost 2 years earlier than Christine Jorgensen in the United States. Roberta Cowell's surgical transformation and friendship with the female-to-male transsexual Michael Dillon, also operated on by Dr. Harold Gillies, is documented in the book "The First Man-Made Man" by Pagan Kennedy [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/books/review/Roach.t.html?ex=1331784000&en=7d2bd0c4d7848926&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink] .

References

* [http://www.transgenderzone.com/features/roberta_cowell.htm Roberta Cowell] , The First British Transsexual
*"Roberta Cowell's Story" by Roberta Cowell, Heinemann, 1954

ee also

* List of transgendered people
* List of transgender-related topics


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