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. His diagnosis followed a racist tradition of linking darker-skinned people with animals. Read one of your commenters said she was finally laid to rest in a glass coffin. God made her and she is has a beautiful voice and GOD never made anything that He didn't love. It is such a shame how people will treat those different. The Magazine Explaining America to the French, What Should You Read Next? 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. When Julia Pastrana died at the young age of 26, she was known as the "world's ugliest woman." Having spent almost her entire life being exhibited, with her death, it almost seemed like she could finally rest in peace. I am sharing.. Kevin Martin from United States on August 15, 2012: This story is very, very interesting and sad. how awful was that? I just noticed some commented two years ago that an effort was being made to bring her to Mexico for burial. At this time the press described Bartel as his property. But what about Lent and Pastrana? thanks so much, and warm wishes to you back! Wikimedia CommonsJulia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. It is amazing what some people would do for money. In the fifties and sixties, the mummies were displayed, mainly as a curiosity. Her husband was a horrible, disgusting person who I hope was destined for hell. Money didn't interest her at all. The most popular story is that she was found living in a cave with her mother and was taken to an orphanage where she was adopted by the governor of the state of Sinaloa who used her as his maid. In a book essay, Bess Lovejoy compares her to figures like Sarah Baartman, an African woman exhibited as the Hottentot Venus for her curvy appearance, and Minik, an Inuit boy brought to the American Museum of Natural History by explorer Robert Peary. Lent sold her corpse and her baby son, to a professor of Moscow University. Lent even tracked down another woman named Marie Bartel who had the same condition as Pastrana and married her. Freak shows have been common for many centuries. Her looks resembled an ape. Here she gave birth to a boy in March 1860, who was born with the same congenital traits and he dies, two days later, from asphyxia. Hi Audrey, thanks so much, she just fascinated me for years, so I had to go and find out more about her, thanks again, nell. In 1976 and 1979, the fairground in Oslo was broken into and the corpses damaged. [11] Lent later found another woman with similar features, married her and changed her name from Marie Bartel to Zenora Pastrana, becoming wealthy from her exhibition. Lithograph of Julia Pastrana by V. Katzler circa 1860. He indexed his diaries Working Women, studies of. His obsession was all-pervasive, as one contemporary academic suggested, and intimately connected to male pleasure; his relationship to working-class women was infused with pornographic voyeurism. Standing at only four foot six, labor put her very life at risk. She arrived, steeped in mystery, and her life was as strange and sad as her birth. They appeared in Norway in 1921 and toured the US as late as 1972. Rumors abound about her early years: she was sold into show business by her parents; she was left to die in a forest but was miraculously rescued; she was protected by her mother, who, hailing from a so-called Root-Digger Indian tribe, fled the community when Pastrana was born. The Heartbreaking, Hair-Raising Tale Of Freak Show Star Julia Pastrana, Mexico's Monkey Woman", "The Life and Death of Julia Pastrana, Bearded Woman on Parade", "Julia Pastrana: The 'circus freak' on show even in death", The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, "Julia Pastrana: A "Monster to the Whole World", "The Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication", "Hun ble vist frem som "apekvinne". 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. She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. Marie collected the two mummies and exhibited herself alongside the embalmed corpses in November 1888 at the Anthropological Society of Munich. yes Lent was an evil man, and thank goodness got what he deserved in the end, thanks so much for reading, nell. Barbata discovered her story in 2003, whenAmphibian Stage Productions, a theater company directed by her sister Kathleen Culebro, invited her to collaborate on designs for the New York premiere of the playThe True History of the Tragic Life and the Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World by Shaun Prendergast. Saul Rubio Ayala the local mayor of her town stated 'Julia Pastrana has come home'. Pastranas story was not forgotten, however. It's so sad that she lived in a time when science was so primitive and un-understanding. After a few months perfecting the process, he put them in the Museum of the university, where they attracted great crowds of people. 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. Barbata emphasized that the story of Pastrana, and people like her, is not confined to the past; it shadows contemporary exploitation, abuse, human trafficking, and discrimination, and recalls the shortcomings that still exist in human rights. Julia has been reborn among us. 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.". People are judgmental and can be mean. Mary Hyatt from Florida on February 13, 2013: I just spent the past 45 reading your article and skimming through the comments. She was said to be a skilled performer, who could dance, sing, act and speak multiple languages. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria. Thanks for sharing her story and giving her the honor she deserved! Today, thanks to a new book breathing life into Pastranas legacy, we know that her life, while undeniably colourful, was also incredibly brief. Sheila from Surprise Arizona - formerly resided in Washington State on September 01, 2012: Wow - what a fascinating story I could not stop reading. Lent apparently convinced doctors to let him keep the bodies which he used to sell more tickets. The prodigious Julia Pastrana was known by many monikers during her life and perhaps just as many names in death.Both her life and her death are rather. After the death of his wife and child, he sold the bodies for 500 and they were sent for embalming at Moscow University with a view to their preservation in the Universitys Anatomical Museum. Thank goodness this exploitation is not allowed today. She was aware of the fact that she was different but used her small frame and powerful persona to her advantage. Boo to her husband for being greedy!! Ohand Lent was asshole. The son died a few days later, and Lent then toured with the mother and son's embalmed remains. When she died in 1860 following a difficult childbirth, both she and her infant son were embalmed. The mummified bodies of Pastrana and her son were absent from the public eye for a number of years. RELATED: Queen Victorias freaky obsession, RELATED: Crucial find in Elephant Man mystery, RELATED: Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. Bess Lovejoy explores her story and how it was only in 2013, 153 years after her passing, that she was finally laid to rest. The latter condition was caused by a rare disease, undiagnosed in her lifetime, gingival hyperplasia, which thickened her lips and gums. I read about Julia some time ago. Thanks for bringing up society's treatment of people who are different..sad how differences, instead of being embraced, are treated as something to scorn. thanks! 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. seriously, thanks for reading, and yes people back then were seen as animals, makes me so mad. how I wish! Integrating techniques of Islamic art with branding, Saj Issa examines globalizations impact on intersecting identities. Linda Kasabian, who took part in the two days of mayhem in 1969 that left seven people dead, ended up flipping on the cult leader. The remains were consumed by mice. 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? I think she was featured in an article as a freak, along with others. She was adept at playing up to her billing as the Baboon Lady. Mme Fortune Clofullia, another bearded lady who featured in Barnums museum from the 1850s, also had a husband as well as a son who would sometimes appear with his mother onstage. As . 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. They were so cruel to her. But it appears that Lent was attracted to bearded ladies. Jenna Pope from Southern California on August 31, 2012: It is so awful how people who are different are treated. Julia Pastrana, a woman from Mexico born with hypertrichosis, became one of the most famous human curiosities of the 19th century, exhibited the world over as a "bearded lady" while both alive and dead. If that was not bad enough, he then returned to the museum where Julia was being exhibited and took her on tour with him and his new wife. lol. One doctor, Alexander B. Mott, M.D., certified that she was specifically the result of the mating of a human and an "Orang hutan". Pastrana toured under the management of another showman, Theodore Lent, who like Pastrana remains an obscure figure. related to the life of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860), who once performed in the U.S. and all over Europe. Voted up. We weren't allowed to go into those tents. His name was Arthur Munby, seemingly a respectable upper-middle-class gentleman: a graduate of the University of Cambridge, a civil servant in the Ecclesiastical Commission from 1858 and an occasional poet. After the bodies were preserved by Sukolov, Lent re-purchased them from him and began exhibiting them throughout Europe. I am so pleased that at last, she is at peace. Known as the marvellous hybrid or Bear Woman, others called her The Ugliest woman in the World. In this version, Pastrana lived with her mother until her mother passed away, after which, her uncle sold her to the circus. 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. Silver Fish from Edinburgh Scotland on May 04, 2014: Amazing hub, loved reading this. 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. #freaks #carny #JuiliaPastranaThis is the story of a girl child, considered to beso cursed that there is no Birth certificate,no Baptism record, in fact noth. Mahaveer Sanglikar from Pune, India on August 15, 2012: Interesting information about an unfortunate lady. We've gained little empathy in the past 150 years or so. Michele Travis from U.S.A. Ohio on November 26, 2012: Thank you for writing this hub. After both their bodies were desecrated following display in a midcentury chamber of horrors, the remains of Pastranas son were lost. Nell Rose (author) from England on April 22, 2017: Thanks so much Lauren, glad you liked it. 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. Those who ran sideshows often didnt take the time to listen and record the backstories of their performers. A top police boss sent a scathing email to officers after their state force became embroiled in a series of 'drink-driving, drug use, family violence and sexual and predatory behaviour' incidents. 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. Voted up and awesome! It was a ten-year effort to repatriate Pastrana, with Barbata writing letters tothe National Research Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities, the National Committee for Ethical Evaluation of Research on Human Remains of Norway, the Governor of Sinaloa in Mexico, the Foreign Affairs Department of Mexico, the University of Oslo, journalists, artists, and anthropologists. It affected her very deeply in her heart with sadness, Otto related. 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. Hi diane, you may be right there, its a sad story but one that fascinated me, thanks so much as always, nell, I say that she has nothing on me Nell -lol - the homeliest man on hubpages - lol - and Marvin Hamlisch wrote a song about you once Nell called - Nobody does it better - and you are a world class writer and hub superstar all of the way - sending you warm wishes and good energy and sharing this to the FB group Music and Writing - sending you warm wishes and good energy from lake erie ontario canada 11:37pm. such a darn shame! Lent realised what had happened and much to the public horror, he took the awful and unbelievable steps to go to court to win her back. Suspiciously Suspect:Who Isand Isn'tan Unreliable Narrator? The show was closed on the grounds of obscenity, but Pastrana continued to perform Spanish dances and popular songs. Not many people believed that these mummies could possibly be real. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. 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. Her body was exhibited all over Europe for decades until, finally, the bodies ended up in storage in Norway. Up until the 1970s, there are records of them exhibited as carnival curiosities in the United States and Europe. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 10, 2012: Hi Teresa, thanks so much for reading, yes Julia Pastrana was a very unique person, and I hope one of these days that she will have a statue or some sort of commemorative piece to honor her, thanks so much, nell. [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. The newspapers of the day said she was hideous, but in her favor she had a very nice singing voice. Times were much different then and it is easy to say they were being gawked at and used but the same thing happens today just slightly differently. As we will see, Lent emerges as a monster. Her body was covered in hair, and her face even more so. In this article we document the role of Ivan Matveevich Sokolov, anatomy professor at Moscow University, in the mummification of Julia Pastrana, born She reportedly belonged to an indigenous tribe called the Root Diggers. Being kept in a Museum is still showing the height of disrespect for Julia still being treated as an animal. Julia's time was coming to an end. In 2013, over a century after she left the Sierra Madre Mountains for a career in the United States, Pastrana finally returned home. lol! the "Ape Woman", the "Bear Woman", and "The Nondescript". Bartra, Roger. Its really sad we ignore this fact & ill treat people or misbehave tyem on the basis of their outer appearence & we forget that we desrespect God this way! But maybe Julia could distance herself from such claims. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. Eventually, Lent got fed up of It and hired her out to the person who would pay the most for the privilege. Pastrana was subsequently taken to a local orphanage and eventually adopted by Seor Snchez, the governor for the state of Sinaloa in Mexico, who kept her as his maid. 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. I never heard of Julia until now. Julia Pastrana was exhibited during her lifetime, and for quite some time after her death. BL: And then her coffin was put on the plane? Im always wary of making generalised statements about exploitation in the freak show, he said. Julia Pastrana's remains were returned to Mexico from Norway An indigenous woman exhibited in 19th-Century Europe as the "world's ugliest woman" has been buried in her native Mexico some 150. Used with the permission of the publisher, Pegasus Books. Hi Suzie, thanks so much, she is such a fascinating lady, and I totally respect everything she went through, such a pity she had to live back then, thank you, nell. She then became part of theSchreiner Collection in the University of Oslos anatomy department. 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. 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. While the mysteries of Pastranas formative years leave the historians grappling for the truth, these very same mysteries were a deliberate part of her presentation as a freak. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. By 1943, the corpses were touring Sweden and theyd continue to grace the entertainment sites of Europe as late as 1970 they were exhibited in Sweden and Norway; in 1973 they were part of a travelling amusement park in America. However, during her performances, she demonstrated her intelligence and talent: singing, dancing, and interacting with the audience.[10]. Julia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. Thanks so much Deborah, I wrote this after reading about her years and years ago, and she seemed to stay in my mind, I just suddenly realised that I wanted to know more about her and what happened to her in the end, I am so glad you liked it, and thanks! Keep our minds opened to things few people talk about and even fewer know about, Nell. I believed that Julia needed to recover her dignity and to occupy her own place in history as well as in our memory, Barbata stated. They went on to have a child and just before she died, she allegedly said, I die happy; I know I have been loved for myself. We dont know much about their relationship, so why discount love?, LJ Charleston is a freelance journalist. On March 20th 1860, Julia gave birth to a baby boy. thanks, nell. In fact after Pastrana died, he toured his late wifes corpse, then found another bearded woman to marry. Oh no. 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? This is such a sad yet unique story. By this time she was being 'shown' by a Mr Theodore Lent who became, in a sense her manager, helping her with her dancing and singing on stage. This was a radical idea that discombobulated mans place in nature. The Restless Corpse of Julia Pastrana. Its quite a story , she really had amazing courage and grace. All Julia could think of was, please be healthy and not have a personality like your father. A musical Pastrana by Australian writers Allan McFadden and Peter Northwood was performed by Melbourne's Church Theatre in 1989. Julia Pastrana was born in 1834. [16] The process was a blend of taxidermy techniques and embalming chemicals. She was a very strong woman to keep her dignity as long as she did. 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.. As such, the life of many sideshow performers, Julia Pastrana included, is marred by sensationalism and exploitation. She then joined the circus, traveling across Germany to Warsaw and, by late 1859, Moscow. Marie and Lent went to Russia, Lent went insane, and in 1888, Marie left Russia for Munich. Barnums 13 most famous and incredible oddities. Follow her on Twitter @LJCharleston, To join the conversation, please - "What happened to the body of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860)? Amazing story. In the fifties and sixties, the mummies were displayed, mainly as a curiosity. Nell Rose (author) from England on October 16, 2019: Thanks Liz, I will take a look! And so, in 1862, the Embalmed Female Nondescript and Child were displayed at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, a site usually reserved for high art exhibitions. She was so smart, and intelligent. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. From this family was born the idea of werewolves. He was intimate with her and they produced a child. When 23-year-old Pastrana was exhibited at the Queens Hall in London in 1857, the Liverpool Mercury newspaper described her as one of the most extraordinary beings ever presented to the public. The press also promised that a visit to the exhibition must afford ample scope for philosophical speculation and reflection. 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. Dr. Nicholas Mrquez-Grant (left) and attendants from T. S. Jacobsen funeral agency with Julia Pastrana's coffin, 2013 Photo: Laura Anderson Barbata. During a tour in Moscow, Pastrana gave birth to a son, with features similar to her own. Shortly after, he died. I suppose people with severe birth defects have been protected from public exploitation. And of course Lent took this as permission to treat her like it, I would say that I am glad this doesn't happen any more but of course it does. Fast-forward to February 1990 and Julia was rediscovered in a basement of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Oslo. Julia Pastrana was paraded onstage in freak shows in England and used to sell tickets even after her death as her embalmed body travelled the world. They were also Mexican Indians. I had read quite a bit about Julia Pastrana before ina book "Very pecial People" but not as in depth as you provide here. Did he feel any love toward Julia? And so, death didnt free Pastrana from public gawking. The publicity had clearly got this spectator musing. According to spectators and those who knew her, Pastrana was an intelligent Indigenous Mexican woman whose life was shaped by brutal racism and cruelty. It shows how two spectators from similar socio-economic backgrounds could respond in very different ways to the same performance. 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. Nell Rose (author) from England on August 31, 2012: Hi Thomas, yes he certainly was! What cemented the marriage? What a story and what a life. WHOA! The Sleeping Girl of Turville: The True Story of a Girl Who fell asleep for Nine Years.. I admire her courage to stand in front of a crowd and sing perhaps knowing that she would be ridiculed by others, but what could she do. Thats where Arthur Munby saw Pastrana for the second time. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 01, 2020: I totally agree with you Alvene. Levertis Steele from Southern Clime on May 04, 2014: Oh, how sad. You always find the most interesting people to write about. It is indecent that she is still being "kept" as an oddity, and her keeper(s) should be ashamed of themselves for not laying her to rest. Perhaps this impacted how Julia saw herself; perhaps this impacted her self-esteem. ode to the vampire mother results; national asset mortgage lawsuit; green tuna paper; mary davis sos band net worth They were eventually sold, exchanged hands several times, and in 1921, bought by a Norwegian fairground owner who was building a chamber of horrors in Oslo.. amazing woman! Thank you for sharing this story. To defend the rights of all people is ourresponsibility. When she died in 1860 following a difficult childbirth, both she and her infant son were embalmed. Unbelievable. [2], Multiple versions of Pastrana's early life exist. Just as interesting as all of your Hubs and very engaging. I don't know when I have read more interesting info. 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. In 1862 Julia returned to England. A 2003 Texas production of the play staged by Kathleen Anderson Culebro, sister of Laura Anderson Barbata, led to the campaign by Anderson Barbata to repatriate Pastrana's remains from Norway to Mexico.[2]. To be returned to the home of her birth is something that we should all be thankful for. Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty? But he harbored a secret life: a sadomasochistic marriage to his working-class servant Hannah Cullwick from 1873, and an obsessive lust for working-class women. After this look at the tragic life of sideshow performer Julia Pastrana, check out more famous sideshow freaks. Then, meet P.T. Julia Pastrana was a famous sideshow performer in her day, but her celebrity was marred by racism and bigotry. Lent worried that a rival might try to steal his most lucrative act, so he proposed to her in the late 1850s to secure his investment. ( 1834-1860 ), who could dance, sing, act and speak multiple languages treat different... 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