History - Christine Jorgensen's Woman of the Year Award 1953

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History - Christine Jorgensen's Woman of the Year Award 1953
by: Kathleen
Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 12:23:10 PM EST

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On March 7, 1953 Christine Jorgensen receives the Scandinavian Societies Woman of the Year Award in New York City. Ms. Jorgensen's transition story was the most reported upon story in all media upon her return to the US that year. Thirteen years before Stonewall, Ms. Jorgensen handled her unwanted fame with such grace and received acceptance to such a degree that this honor from a mainstream group was bestowed prior to there even being LGBT groups awarding such honors. The ceremonies were reported in newsreel footage around the country.