A Jutting jaw and very swollen gums added to her appearance. Sheila Brown from Southern Oklahoma on June 18, 2012: This is a very well written and interesting story. Her husband was a horrible, disgusting person who I hope was destined for hell. My nephew is a midget and he has been made fun of his whole life but he has a heart of gold, just sweet, takes it in stride. So Julia Pastranawhoever she really was, whatever the true nature of her storywas placed onstage and under the stares of an audience who were informed that she was the horrific product of a bestial union with, as the publicity stated, the face of a Baboonthe body and limbs of a Womanthe skin of a Bearwherein the nature of woman predominates over the Ourang-Outangs. She might be part-animal but she was also a Lady in every respect. And all of this was being assiduously promoted by the man she loved. Wikimedia CommonsJulia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. It must have been pretty confusing because the animal was capable of singing and speaking in different languages to cook and sew and dance. That must have been de0humanizing to Lent. Up. Standing at only four foot six, labor put her very life at risk. The reasons for Julia Murray's suicide are not known. He renamed her Zenora Pastrana, luring in audiences with the claim that she was Julias younger sister. [13] Francis Buckland stated that she was "only a deformed Mexican Indian woman". Julia Pastrana was born in the mountains of Western Mexico in 1834. By Bess Lovejoy. She spent her life being paraded onstage as one of the most popular freaks in the world, which continued even after she died. Michelle Liew from Singapore on February 13, 2013: Glad that she's come home, Nell. Audrey Howitt from California on August 31, 2012: Wow--such an unusual story--she led a sad life and we still do not understand much about this disorder--but what a great write! I don't know when I have read more interesting info. As for Lent, is he any different than, let's say Max Clifford? Voted up more and sharing, great job! It is held, I believe, that such an union as is this hinted at can never produce conception; the spermatozoa of beasts being unable to germinate in the human female, and vice versa? But it doesn't finish here. "El trgico viaje de una mujer salvaje mexicana al mundo civilizado". Voted up. Julia Pastrana has come home, declared Saul Rubio Ayala, the mayor of Sinaloa de Leyva. Julia Pastrana was a Mexican woman whose "extraordinary" appearance led to her being displayed throughout Europe and America, first as a freak, then as a specimen. The Sleeping Girl of Turville: The True Story of a Girl Who fell asleep for Nine Years.. These reactions provide a really interesting insight into how people viewed freaks. Julia Pastrana was born in 1834 into an Indigenous community in the Sierra Madre in Mexico. This was a disaster. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born with genetic condition hypertrichosis terminalis which meant her face and much of her body was covered with black hair. BL: And then her coffin was put on the plane? Sadly the child died after thirty-five hours. Join the conversation, you are commenting as. From the redundancy of the teeth her mouth projected, and her face had a gorilla-like appearance".[15]. Her manager Theodore Lent, meanwhile, also did his best to entice the public by billing her as half woman and half animal. On 14 October 2013 the in-development movie "Velvet" was announced, based on the life and experiences of Julia Pastrana, and from an original screenplay by Celso Garca and Francisco Pay Gonzlez. In 1855, Pastrana was married to Theodore Lent, who saw her as a path to fortune and fame. He billed her as -the ugliest woman in the world, half-woman half-ape, bear woman, the misnomered, the female nondescript- among many other sobriquets, they toured . She was cruelly labelled the Baboon Lady, The Marvellous Hybrid or Bear Woman. These restorative actions help to correct past injusticesbecause were also paving the way for a future where this does not happen again for all people, all of humanity, and thats why we do these things.. Lent even tracked down another woman named Marie Bartel who had the same condition as Pastrana and married her. For our final Iconic Corpse of the year, the tragic tale, and (somewhat) happy ending for the body of performer Julia Pastrana.Here is the interview mentione. Nell Rose (author) from England on June 25, 2012: Hi floriferous, I remember that on tv too, the bullying starts at school and spills over to adult life, even now, over a hundred years later, its still the same, will we never learn? For example, its claimed Julia said Lent Loves me for my own sake. muhammad abdullah javed on September 04, 2015: Very interesting Hub Nell Rose, reading about personalities pend down by you is simply a fascination. Literature produced by those who managed the freak shows she appeared in described her as belonging to a Native American tribe called "Root Diggers" whose members were similar to apes and lived in caves. Her ears and nose were unusually large, and her teeth were irregular. Yet with all this, she was substantially human: she spoke several languages, sang, danced, was lively and intelligent. I had seen pictures of this dear lady before but I did not know her tragic story, thank you for sharing. It affected her very deeply in her heart with sadness, Otto related. His diagnosis followed a racist tradition of linking darker-skinned people with animals. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Julia was then moved and the same thing happened again. After the bodies were embalmed, Lent had a ghastly change of heart: he realized he could make a freak show from the corpses, so he offered the university 800 as a repurchase. It is awful to think of her mummified corpse still doing the rounds as 'entertainment' during WW2, a human being deserves more dignity than this, even if she was unique in the way she looked. This lasted for more than 10 years, Dr Woolfe said. Oh no. "An Artist Finds a Dignified Ending for an Ugly Story", "Behold! Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. A new book chronicles how artist Laura Anderson Barbata led the repatriation and burial of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century indigenous Mexican woman exhibited in life and death for her excessive hair. "Velvet" is directed by Celso Garca and is an international production with the support of various personalities behind and in front of the camera. Then, Pastrana got pregnant. Lent just saw the cash flow, as simple as that, and when the baby came it was more cash, but sadly for Julia and just deserts for him it didn't happen that way. I suppose people with severe birth defects have been protected from public exploitation. Pastrana toured under the management of another showman, Theodore Lent, who like Pastrana remains an obscure figure. [14], Charles Darwin discussed her case after her death, describing her as follows: "Julia Pastrana, a Spanish dancer, was a remarkably fine woman, but she had a thick masculine beard and a hairy forehead; she was photographed, and her stuffed skin was exhibited as a show; but what concerns us is, that she had in both the upper and lower jaw an irregular double set of teeth, one row being placed within the other, of which Dr. Purland took a cast. Julia's time was coming to an end. Lent returned to London in 1862 determined to continue with the freak show. If she was of another race would she be treated like this. Deb Hirt from Stillwater, OK on April 22, 2017: I read this with deep sadness. From March 22 to 26, over 70 local, national, and international galleries present extraordinary art at accessible prices. Then again, this was never a neat distinction unlike actors today who move between characters, Pastrana played one role which she literally embodied.. The mummified bodies of Pastrana and her son were absent from the public eye for a number of years. In 1864, they were being displayed around Sweden. Nell Rose (author) from England on May 04, 2014: Hi heidi, thanks so much, some things never change, but thankfully the way we quickly deal with it is much better thankfully, glad you liked it, nell, Hi Dabble, thanks for reading, yes some people just have it bad from birth don't they? [11] The child survived only three days, and Pastrana died of postpartum complications five days later. Nell Rose (author) from England on September 01, 2012: Thanks so much everyone, I am a bit behind so I will on this occasion just leave one comment and run over to your hubs! P.T. The name she was billed under was a cruel and sad insult to her condition. Lent apparently convinced doctors to let him keep the bodies which he used to sell more tickets. 1. Shame that greed played such an important part of her life, she didn't deserve to be treated that way. lol! Her body was taxidermically preserved. Pastrana's body has since been relocated to Sinaloa, and was buried in a cemetery in Sinaloa de Levya in February 2013. Dressed in red, Pastrana entertained the audience by singing and dancing. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 31, 2018: Thanks Anna, I totally agree with you. thanks, nell. Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty? In this version, it is said that a woman identified only as Mrs. Espinosa was kidnapped by the tribe and held in a cave and took Pastrana with her when she was able to escape. N skal Julia Pastrana endelig begraves", "Roll up, roll up, and see the bearded lady", "Julia Pastrana, the 'extraordinary lady', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julia_Pastrana&oldid=1140909925, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Bear Woman, The Apewoman, The Nondescript. Addressing ethical issues and human remains" Perhaps a bit of all three. All Julia could think of was, please be healthy and not have a personality like your father. Nell Rose (author) from England on October 14, 2016: Thanks for reading margie, yes she was one heck of a lady wasn't she? Due to hypertrichosis and gingival hyperplasia, Julia Pastrana was covered in hair and had exaggerated features that caught the attention of sideshow promoters. There are people in all races that treat others like this even today. To put it bluntly, by suppressing the truth of Pastranas story, showmen could peddle the claim that she was the product of an unholy union between man and beast: Her Remarkable Formation, and Mysterious Parentage, claimed one piece of publicity, and how she was Discovered in a Cave, suckled by her Indian Mother, Dwelling with Baboons, Bears, and Monkeys., According to the press, the delicate inference is obvious, but this didnt stop Lent hammering home the point. Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. To the public eye, she did have a very strange appearance. For over a hundred years, the bodies of Pastrana and her son were displayed around the world in museums, circuses and amusement parks. I voted up for sure. Shortly after, he died. So pleased her journey has ended though. We weren't allowed to go into those tents. From this family was born the idea of werewolves. using unknown embalming techniques - mummified the bodies of Julia and her son.The entire process took six months and the results, while macabre, were impressive.Unlike the mummies of . Advertisement for Julia Pastrana, the Nondescript (via Wellcome Collection). It is still there. Used with the permission of the publisher. I wonder if she was related to that family of Mexicans who were covered with hair. I hope this gets out to more people. They appeared in Norway in 1921 and toured the US as late as 1972. BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform, 10 Crime Novels You Should Read This March, 11 Speculative Fiction Titles Out in 2023 Perfect for Crime Fans, Women Outside the Structure: Victorian Widows and Governesses. Mary Hyatt from Florida on February 13, 2013: I just spent the past 45 reading your article and skimming through the comments. Demonic Possession - The Case of Anneliese Michel And Werewolf Bill Ramsey. Her embalmed baby was never found.. Billed as "the missing link" between apes and man, Julia Pastrana was checked out by several physicians who produced certificates which were displayed wherever Pastrana went on tour stating that she was not really a woman at all, but rather a new species of half-human, half-ape hybrid. Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. I'm glad Julia is finally at peace. Her last words were apparently: I die happy; I know I have been loved for myself. But Lents actions suggest otherwise. Thanks for sharing. His reaction was ultimately one of wonder and he saw Pastrana as simply wonderful. According to Dr Woolf, against this backdrop were shady deals, cries of immorality, government crackdowns and even theft. Images in The Eye of the Beholder show Pastrana in elaborate costumes, and holding flowers, all part of the attempted shock at contrasting these hyper feminine accessories to her hairy face. The pair of 35-year-old Australian women have revealed they want to get pregnant at same time with the same man. Darwins On the Origin of Species complicated the relationship between ape and man by suggesting that the two were placed on an evolutionary scale. [3] Both accounts claim that, at some point, she lived in the home of Pedro Sanchez, the then-governor of Sinaloa, and left the home in 1854. Doesn't make sense, it should be against the law to treat people that way to make a profit cause they are different. Julia Pastrana's last words on her deathbed were "I am dying happy". RELATED: Queen Victorias freaky obsession, RELATED: Crucial find in Elephant Man mystery, RELATED: Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. After promising her father that he would never display Marie, Lent soon had his new wife billed as the sister of Julia Pastrana, under the name Miss Zenora Pastrana. A condition known as hypertrichosis terminalis caused her body and face to be covered with long, dark hair; andgingival hyperplasia enlarged her gums and lips. Julia Pastrana was a famous sideshow performer in her day, but her celebrity was marred by racism and bigotry. sounds fascinating. Someone must have cared enough about her to educate her, and teach her to sing and dance, don't you think?? The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. It's so sad that she lived in a time when science was so primitive and un-understanding. They did eventually elope, though he continued to refer to as The Ugliest Woman in the World for shows. Thank you for reading. This is so sad to read how this woman was exploited. :). But her death did little to stop the freak show from continuing; Pastrana was embalmed, along with her baby. Pastranas manager, Theodore Lent, described her as half-woman, half-animal in a bid to increase ticket sales. On show with her still born son after death. She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. Realising that she would earn him lots of money, he decided to start showing her to the public, A quote from the time stated her as, The Great Freak of Nature. Suzanne Ridgeway from Dublin, Ireland on August 31, 2012: What an incredible story, so much sadness and this gentle lady does deserve respect at last. Soon she began to travel all around America, and when she arrived in Boston she was billed as the 'Hybrid Woman or The Bear Woman. yes I believe that Julia should have a proper burial with a statue above it to show the world how wonderful she was, thanks so much for reading, and I am glad you liked it, cheers nell, You have provided the spice in my coffee this morning. She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. They looked nothing like the pictures displayed outside their cubicles. Much like Tom Thumb, Pastrana was a gifted performer who starred in her own play, Der Curierte Meyer, about a dairyman who falls for Pastrana, whose face is covered in a veil (lifted for the audiences amusement). Her handler or owner was named as a Mr M. Rates and he saw the potential in her the second he found her, working as a servant girl to the governor of Sinaloa Mexico. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria. Eventually, Lent and his new bride retired to St. Petersburg and set up shop in a small waxworks museum. haha! It took all those years for that poor woman to have a decent burial, but the baby could not. After a Roman Catholic Mass in a local church, Julia's coffin was carried to the town cemetery and buried as a band played the local traditional music. No one knows what prompted her to commit such a heinous act. Julia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. In the 19th century, one such human curiosity was the "bearded lady.". You are an excellent writer Nell. The things that money makes one do. What were the dynamics of their life and marriage? ThoughtSandwiches from Reno, Nevada on August 31, 2012: This is an amazingly sad story. While her body now rests in peace in Sinaloa, Mexico, her memory must be kept alive to remind us of all that still needs to be done.. These Miniature Artworks Prove That It's the Little Things In Life, Inside Robert Rauschenberg's Newly Renovated SoHo Home, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. lol! Dr Woolfs book also explores the reactions of two men who went to Pastranas exhibition. And though she caused a stir with sold-out crowds as she toured across Europe and North America, her behind-the-scenes life was marked by sadness and tragedy. On one of these occasions, she was given the honour of dancing with the soldiers, who lined up to have the chance to dance with this unique but strange human being. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. She had a great thirst for knowledge and willingly gave herself up to a medical examination. This not only reveals how people processed freak displays but also how the freak never engendered a similar response it depended on your outlook. Years ago such individuals during the time of slavery were seen not as persons but animals. Many of these recipients became invested in the project. From University to museum, from curiosity stands to freak shows, Julia was passed around and around. Records are blurry, but she was likely born in 1834 somewhere in Mexico, on the Western slopes of the Sierra Madre:. Julia has been reborn among us. By suppressing the truth of Julia Pastranas story, showmen could peddle the claim that she was the product of an unholy union between man and beast. thanks for reading. She was aware of the fact that she was different but used her small frame and powerful persona to her advantage. [11] Vandals broke into the storage facility in August 1976 and damaged the baby's body. We've gained little empathy in the past 150 years or so. Torn to pieces! Bartra, Roger. But The Liverpool Mercury marveled, she is good-natured, sociable, and accommodating, pointing out that Julia was bilingual and could dance, sing, sew, cook, wash and iron.. In 1857 Pastrana and Lentfreak and showman, wife and husbandwere in London, with Pastrana billed as "Miss Julia Pastrana, the Nondescript, known throughout the United States and Canada as the BEAR WOMAN" and "Baboon Lady.". In fact after Pastrana died, he toured his late wifes corpse, then found another bearded woman to marry. Upon hearing her story, I felt that my duty as a Mexican female artist, and as a human being, was to do everything possible to have Pastrana removed from the anatomy collection and returned to Mexico, her place of birth where she was at the time practically unknown to receive a proper burial, artistLaura Anderson Barbata told Hyperallergic. I hope I wasn't too mean. Something went way wrong in the chromosome department when she was conceived. Or do we? amazing woman! Nell Rose (author) from England on August 15, 2012: Hi jainismus, thanks so much for reading, nell. The comments you have received are to be commended Nell - superb article written with love, respect and tenderness. Friends and family members of Julia Murray said that she was a loving mother who adored her children. Poor woman. It was identified in 1990 and for many years rested in a sealed coffin at the Department of Anatomy, Oslo University. Nell Rose (author) from England on April 28, 2014: Thanks so much for reading suzzycue, yes she was an amazing woman, imagine having to face the world, and live with that evil man, but she came through singing, but sadly she had a terrible ending, nell. Wellcome ImagesMarie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. Her mother was constantly dehumanised as a Root-Digger Indian who lived among apes with the insinuation that she copulated with the animal kingdom and Julia was the product, he said. Maybe she could draw a distinction between her freak show persona, The Baboon Lady, and her identity offstage as Julia Pastrana. :). Pastrana was reportedly generous, sensitive, charitable and intelligent, claiming that Lent loves me for my own sake. Perhaps, though, the marriage was really a way for Lent to exact control: when Barnum met Pastrana in 1857, according to the memoirs of another showman, she would not take off the thick veil which covered her face until Mr. It's an interesting story, by the way. thanks as always, nell, Hi Peg, yes my mum used to say about the bearded ladies etc, I never saw them, and of course we never thought of how cruel it was at that time, thanks so much for reading, nell, Hi Levertis, yes it was such a sad story, if only she had been born today, it would have been so different, I hope. Eventually, Lent got fed up of It and hired her out to the person who would pay the most for the privilege. Maybe our compassion and moral sense now realize that not only was she a unique woman, but with her quiet dignity and poise, and our disgust at our own human nature, makes us ignore her, and shut the door on our shame. And so, death didnt free Pastrana from public gawking. He named her Zenora Pastrana. At this time the press described Bartel as his property. But what about Lent and Pastrana? As . It is such a shame how people will treat those different. This story made me tear up. Nell Rose (author) from England on November 18, 2012: Thanks unknown spy, glad you liked it, nell. However, during her performances, she demonstrated her intelligence and talent: singing, dancing, and interacting with the audience.[10]. He had his son on March 20, 1860. He ended up dying barely a day and a half after being born. Jenna Pope from Southern California on August 31, 2012: It is so awful how people who are different are treated. It was only following a protracted campaign that Julia was finally brought back to Mexico and buried with dignity. In 1860, after giving a birth to a baby boy, Julia and her son both died. Its jaws, he continued, jagged fangs and ears are terrifically hideous. He concluded that she was a joke of nature.. This hub does a good job in teaching us how to treat other people. Credit: Process print after G. Wick. I guess i am a few years behind but i am glad i stumbled onto your hubpage. But she was anything but a freak, she could cook and sew, sing romance songs, and even better, hold an intelligent conversation which impressed the gentry, in a time when women were not treated as intelligent human beings. I felt that if I did not lobby for her removal from the Schreiner Collection she would remain indefinitely stored in a university collection with an inventory number and an inconclusive existence. In another version, which is based on the words of indigenous villagers in Ocoroni, Mexico, Pastrana was a local girl whom they referred to as "wolf woman." And even more so when most of us probably agree that treatment today would not be much different. LongTimeMother from Australia on May 04, 2014: Nell, it would have been nice had she been buried with her child, but it sounds like that didn't happen. She was described as sociable and polite, and, besides being undoubtedly the greatest living curiosity, she is a lady in every respect, with scientific men, ladies and children being highly used by her strange appearance, her dancing and singing. She danced the Highland fling, performed English and Spanish songs and conversed easily with the audience. And when Pastrana was buried, it was with ritual and ceremony that respected her heritage; she was dressed in an indigenous huipil made by Francisca Palafox, a master weaver from Oaxaca. Nell Rose (author) from England on December 06, 2018: Thanks Tim, yes its an amazing story isn't it? In a way, her greedy husband got a small taste of the pain she went thru in her life. The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home is out now fromLucia|Marquand,distributed by D.A.P. Nell Rose (author) from England on September 21, 2012: Hi Levertis, I think you are right there, these days its against the law I believe to exploit people with birth defects, but back then it was a common thing, and in fact some people, not all of them actually put themselves into the circus so that they could earn a living, and were annoyed when the law changed to stop them, but of course that was desperation on their part to earn money, Julia Pastrana never really had a choice, thanks so much for reading, nell. Her body was exhibited all over Europe for decades until, finally, the bodies ended up in storage in Norway. Although now we can look back and think that she was treated badly in life and in death, perhaps she wasn't. When he met with Pastrana, he said she seemed like a monster to the whole world, an abnormality put on display for money like a trained animal., The gawkers, physicians, and spectators left Pastrana feeling very alone. Munby, however, actively pondered Darwinian thinking he bought into the idea that Julia could, perhaps, be the product of an unholy union between ape and man. What a terrible story of greed and the loss of a beautiful soul. I'd never heard of Julia or her condition before and your depiction of her life is both compelling and heart warming. Hi The Annoying Life, love the name! Great ending to a sad story, Nell. Wellcome Library, LondonAn ad for Julia Pastranas show. Amazing story. The problem with trying to understand Julia Pastranas history is that multiple versions of her life story exist. According to Dr Woolf, the embalmed corpses had a very strange career. Julia Pastrana was a talented Mexican singer and dancer of Indigenous background. Not many people believed that these mummies could possibly be real. [21][22] The production was nominated for five Melbourne Green Room Awards. He succeeded. Nell Rose (author) from England on November 26, 2012: Thanks Michele, yes it was such a shame that someone with so much talent was treated like this purely because of the way she looked, sadly it still happens today in some countries, thanks so much for reading, nell. Nell Rose (author) from England on May 06, 2014: Hi Wiccan, thanks so much for reading, yes even though she was regarded as the ugliest woman in the world she still held her head high even though her husband treated her appallingly, its taken all these years for her and the baby to be buried! The parents of a five-week-old baby mauled by two rottweilers have spoken for the first time since their little girls life was taken. 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