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(1926-1989) Actress, author. Christine Jorgensen was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in San Clemente, California. She was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.

Full Name

Christine Jorgensen

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Jorgensen attended Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Jorgensen attended the Manhattan Medical and Dental Assistant School in New York City.

1926

BIRTH

Christine Jorgensen was born George Jorgensen Jr. in the Westchester section of the Bronx, New York, on May 20, 1926.

1945

OTHER

Ms. Jorgensen graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx, New York, in 1945.

1967

LITWORK

Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography
Paul S. Eriksson
0839716400 / 978-0839716402
Autobiography.

1989

DEATH

Christine Jorgensen died in San Clemente, California, on May 3, 1989.

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