United States of America 19th Century (Articles)

Articles on gender and sexuality in the U.S.A. during the 19th century organized by date.

1830s

• What shall yet be the station woman may hold, Maumee Express (Article, 1838), brief use of the phrase "unsex" although meant pejoratively.
• A Penchant For Breeches, Morning Herald (Article, 1838), use of the phrase "unsex" for cross-dressing.
• Female Loveliness Superfluous Hair, Morning Herald (Ad, 1839), advertisement using "unsex" to describe women as having too masculine of a gender expression.
• Republicans In Europe, Morning Herald (Article, 1839), brief use of the phrase "unsex" although meant pejoratively.

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1840s

• Biographical Sketches Of Some Of The Anciety Greek Literari, Litchfield Enquirer (Article, 1845), brief description of Sappho
• A Girl-Boy, Vermont Phoenix (Article, 1849)

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1850s

• The Effect Of Bloomerism In France, New York Herald (Article, 1851), brief use of the phrase "third sex" while meant pejoratively might demonstrate a concept of androgyny.
• Pulled Again Annie alias Charlie, New York Dispatch (Article, 1856)
• The "Boy Girl" for California, Alexandria Gazette (Article, 1856)
• Arrested in Cincinnati for appearing in improper attire, Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Article, 1858)

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1860s

• Mardi-Gras in New Orleans--Strange Procession, Daily Dispatch (Article, 1860)
• Smiling Blushing and Tobacco Chewing Young Woman, Gazette and Sentinel (Article, 1860)
• "Macintosh or Drag" ball was broken up, Alexandria Gazette (Article, 1861)
• Police break up a "Drag" ball, Jeffersonian (Article, 1861)
• The Romance of the Camp, Grant County Herald (Article, 1861)
• A "Bould Sojer Boy", Cincinnati Daily Press (Article, 1862)
• A young woman bearing several masculine and feminine aliases, Weekly Pioneer and Democrat (Article, 1862)
• A She Sojer Boy, Delaware State Journal (Article, 1862)
• A Girl In Boys Clothes, Sunday Dispatch (Article, 1863)
• Official records show 150 female recruits, Rutland Weekly Herald (Article, 1864)
• A Woman In Male Attire, Chicago Daily Tribune (Article, 1864)
• Hair, Gold Hill Daily News (Article, 1864)
• Assuming The Other Sex's Garments, New York Dispatch (Article, 1866)
• French Clergyman Declares Men Who Do Not Marry, New York Dispatch (Article, 1867)
• We Have Received a pamphlet, Charleston Daily News (Article, 1867)
• Woman Marries Woman, Shepherdstown Register (Article, 1867)
• Quite a laughable affair, Elk Advocate (Article, 1867)
• A Most Strange Chapter, Burlington Weekly Free Press (Article, 1868)
• He She Or It, Daily Ohio Statesman (Article, 1868)
• Fast woman of Cheyenne, Gold Hill Daily News (Article, 1868)
• Adventure of a Girl in Male Attire, Wheeling Daily Register (Article, 1869)
• Secondary Males, New Orleans Crescent (Article, 1869)
• Woman Marrying Woman, Watertown Republican (Article, 1869)

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1870s

• Who are they, Jeffersonian (Article, 1871)
• Joe Lobdell and Wife-Their History, Jeffersonian (Article, 1871)
• Heinley's Rooster Hatches Eggs, Jeffersonian (Article, 1873)
• A Lady Surgeon in the Army, Abbeville Press (Article, 1876)
• A Mountain Romance, Ottumwa Weekly Courier (Article, 1877)
• Dr James Barry who died, Cincinatti Daily Star (Article, 1877)
• A Strange History, Watertown Republican (Article, 1879)
• A Modern Diana, Abbeville Press and Banner (Article, 1879)

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1880s

• A Remarkable Story Wives For Montana Bachelors, Rocky Mountain Husbandman (Article, 1881)
• A Queer Married Couple, Milford Chronicle (Article, November 1883)
• Concealed or Doubtful Sex, Indianapolis Journal (Article, 1885)
• Remarkable Career of a Crazy Woman, Semi-Weekly Miner (Article, 1885)
• Woman Marries Woman, Alexandria Gazette (Article, 1886)
• Vivians Wife, New North-West (Article, 1886)
• Police Raid on Dance House, Evening Star (Article, 1887)

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1890s

• Englands Little War, Grenada Sentinel (Article, 1890)
• Women With Records, Wichita Daily Eagle (Article, 1890)
• Sallie Stringers Strange Story, Wheeling Sunday Register (Article, 1894)
• Made A Raid, Evening Star (Article, 1896)
• Kept A "Hell of Iniquity", Evening Star (Article, 1896)
• A Bonny Lady Pirate, Lamar Register (Article, 1897)
• Women Of The Sea, Walker Lake Bulletin (Article, 1898)
• Bowery Never So Wide Open, The Sun (Article, 1898)
• Under The Black Flag, Philipsburg Mail (Article, 1899)
• Mazet Aids Moss, Kansas City Journal (Article, 1899)
• New York Wickedness, Portland Daily Press (Article, 1899)
• Too Vile To Utter, Wichita Daily Eagle (Article, 1899)

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