First transgender woman to testify to congress
This chapter by Hannah Rosen covers the Memphis Riot of 1866 and Frances Thompson’s involvement in the trial afterwards. This is a chapter in the book Sex, love, race: Crossing….
Kevin R. HardwickJournal of Social HistoryVol. 27, No. 1 (Autumn, 1993), pp. 109-128 (20 pages)Published By: Oxford University Press https://www.jstor.org/stable/3789131
From the The Pulaski Citizen, Pulaski, Tennessee. July 20, 1876. Reprinted from Memphis Avalanche.
This article in the Public Ledger in Memphis, TN, published July 19, 1876 on Page 2 shows the sentiment of many that the riots were all the fault of the….
This article talks of the outrages in the South during after the Civil War. It mentions Memphis riots and Frances Thompson, along with other events. From the Cairo Bulletin. Cairo,….
This short piece was published in the Memphis Daily Appeal on July 16, 1876 on page 2.
Printed in Memphis Avalanche on July 12, 1876.
This volume includes the report on the Memphis Riots. Frances Thompson testified to congress during this trial, reporting on the rape and pillage that happened during this riot. A summary….
This is the only known image of Frances Thompson. I have found this image in various locations on the web, but have yet to find its original source. If you….