Lucy Hicks Anderson
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Known for her smashing parties, lighter-than-air souffles and comedic wit, Lucy Hicks Anderson never let anyone tell her how to live her life \\u2013\\xa0not even the courts. When her gender was put on trial in the 1940s, the\\xa0publicity around her case made her one the first documented Black transgender figures in American history.\\xa0
\\n\\nGuests:\\xa0
\\n\\nAshleigh Coren, Acting Head of Education for the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
\\n\\nC. Riley Snorton, author\\xa0of\\xa0Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity
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