I sometimes wonder: did Lents later insanity derive from some form of guilt? Nell Rose (author) from England on October 16, 2019: Thanks Liz, I will take a look! lol! Nell Rose (author) from England on October 14, 2016: Thanks for reading margie, yes she was one heck of a lady wasn't she? She had great poise. Thanks to the efforts of Sinaloa state governor Mario Lpez Valdez, New York-based visual artist Laura Anderson Barbata, and Norwegian authorities, Julia Pastrana was finally repatriated and laid to rest in a town near the place she was said to have been born in Sinaloa. I wonder if she was related to that family of Mexicans who were covered with hair. It's so sad that she lived in a time when science was so primitive and un-understanding. 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. Pastrana was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1983, to parents of Puerto Rican and Colombian descent, and his interest in bike racing and other high-adrenaline pursuits began when he was only a child, according to Biography. I don't know when I have read more interesting info. lol! Culiacn. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria. The fact that we cannot answer these questions confidently, due to the limited nature of the archives, leaves so many unanswered questions that make him so shady, Dr Woolf said. 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. He saw Pastrana through this lens which informed his reaction: she was wonderful because she was a case of Gods handiwork, the marvels of Gods universe. In 1976 and 1979, the fairground in Oslo was broken into and the corpses damaged. 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. Friends and family members of Julia Murray said that she was a loving mother who adored her children. It is such a shame how people will treat those different. Nell Rose (author) from England on September 02, 2012: Hi Sujeet, thanks so much for reading, nell. Wikimedia CommonsThe embalmed body of Julia Pastrana on display. He said she had an exceedingly good figure despite being hideous., Hermann Otto, a circus owner, was even more damning in his descriptions of her. Tragic saga continues Julia tragic saga continued even after her death. 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. Hi epi, yes so true, people always go by whats on the outside not on the in, its such a shame that Julia Pastrana had to go through this. 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. [21][22] The production was nominated for five Melbourne Green Room Awards. Or do we? He was covered in hair. She was so smart, and intelligent. lol! Nell Rose (author) from England on September 10, 2015: Thanks Jodah, yes its a very strange story isn't it? cfin from The World we live in on May 04, 2014: This is so sad. 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.. Torn to pieces! The Ass Ponys wrote and recorded the song Julia Pastrana about her life on their 1993 album Grim. I am also reminded of the Hottentot Venus who had a similar fate as Julia. That is very emotional and great. These reactions provide a really interesting insight into how people viewed freaks. I guess i am a few years behind but i am glad i stumbled onto your hubpage. Why they married we dont know for sure. related to the life of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860), who once performed in the U.S. and all over Europe. In the mid-1850s, she set off to travel and perform across the United States and Europe. I also admire her and think she must have been such an amazing lady. Money didn't interest her at all. Julia Pastrana was born in 1834. 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. Pastrana had very few friends, and one, a singer from Vienna, lamented the light fog of sadness that trailed her. But it doesn't finish here. So glad I discovered it ans I find stories with mysterious elements like this one fascinating. Julia's preserved body was stolen in 1979, but stored at the Oslo Forensic Institute after the body was reported to police but not identified. Whats more, hirsute women like Pastrana came to signify hypersexuality, primitivism and bestiality. Zenora, his bride, carried on touring with the mummies, and then eventually married a much younger man. Nell Rose (author) from England on September 12, 2017: Kari Poulsen from Ohio on September 11, 2017: Another great story! Not a lot is known about her early childhood, but she first appeared in public, when, in 1854, she was brought out and exhibited at the Gothic Hall on Broadway. such a darn shame! Sadly the child died after thirty-five hours. 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. An excellent hub Nell, well written and thought provoking. 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.. On March 20th 1860, Julia gave birth to a baby boy. amazing woman! Today we find the behavior of Julia's promoters deplorable, whereas in years past, exploitation was perfectly acceptable for many. Another poster for Pastranas 1857 exhibition contained a short section on the Root-Digger Indians to which Tribe Julias Mother belonged: These remarkable beings inhabit the Mountains, in Mexico, and live in caves with animals of different description, such as Bears, Monkeys, Squirrels, &c., between which and themselves they know no difference; their food consists of grass, roots, insects, barks of tree, &c.. This was a disaster. Her husband would not let go of her earning potential that easily. Its quite a story , she really had amazing courage and grace. A special permit was required to gain access to her remains.[1]. This is where those two accounts of her origin story converge. It's an interesting story, by the way. Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month. She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. After lying to that womans family that he would never exhibit her for money, he renamed her Miss Zenora Pastrana and similarly exploited her appearance. In 1860, after giving a birth to a baby boy, Julia and her son both died. 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. I had seen pictures of this dear lady before but I did not know her tragic story, thank you for sharing. Literary giants have thoughts on the new edits to Roald Dahl's works. 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). I'm glad they finally laid Julia to rest. 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. [2], Multiple versions of Pastrana's early life exist. She was adept at playing up to her billing as the Baboon Lady. She was believed to have been born within a small tribe of Native Americans on the western slopes of Mexico. :). I admire her dignity . It affected her very deeply in her heart with sadness, Otto related. For example, in the 17th century, Jacob Bontius blamed Indigenous Indian women for the existence of orangutans, claiming that they mixed with apes and monkeys with detestable sensuality., Charles Darwin, for his part, described her as a remarkably fine woman albeit with a thick masculine beard and a hairy forehead. A zoologist named Francis Buckland, who examined Pastrana in 1857, largely agreed. G. Diane Nelson Trotter from Fontana on October 13, 2012: All I can say is, "Unbelievable!" 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. Did he feel any love toward Julia? Lent apparently convinced doctors to let him keep the bodies which he used to sell more tickets. As such, the life of many sideshow performers, Julia Pastrana included, is marred by sensationalism and exploitation. Follow her on Twitter @LJCharleston, To join the conversation, please Nell Rose (author) from England on July 31, 2018: Thanks Anna, I totally agree with you. 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. Credit: Process print after G. Wick. Nell Rose (author) from England on April 23, 2017: Hi Deb, I know its not much better these days. Their lives were exposed, much in the same way as todays reality stars are gawked at and scrutinised and Pastrana captured the publics fascination in the worst way possible. From University to museum, from curiosity stands to freak shows, Julia was passed around and around. This hub does a good job in teaching us how to treat other people. As we will see, Lent emerges as a monster. 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. 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. Poor woman. 1. In the fifties and sixties, the mummies were displayed, mainly as a curiosity. By Bess Lovejoy. 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. 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. 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. Julia Pastrana. The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home is out now fromLucia|Marquand,distributed by D.A.P. Voted up. Perhaps a bit of all three. 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. The latter condition was caused by a rare disease, undiagnosed in her lifetime, gingival hyperplasia, which thickened her lips and gums. She was then transferred to the custody of her uncle, who sold her to the circus. the one good thing about this though was the fact that as I kept sharing it everywhere they eventually found her and buried her with dignity, so pleased. When Lent remarried another bearded lady, Marie Bartel, he got back the corpses and had his new wife perform alongside his old, embalmed family. Julia finally went home but without her baby who was also human. 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. This Idea came from Lent, who suddenly realized that if he didn't want to lose her, he had better marry her himself. That poor baby was torn to shreds when he should be laid to rest. [4][5], According to Ireneo Paz, Francisco Seplveda, a customs official in Mazatln, purchased Pastrana and brought her to the United States. 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. During her life, Pastrana's management arranged to have her examined by doctors and scientists, using their evaluations in advertisements to attract a larger audience. She went through a lot. Displayed and humiliated, she was dressed in one of her dancing dresses. thanks so much, and warm wishes to you back! She was cruelly labelled the Baboon Lady, The Marvellous Hybrid or Bear Woman. 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. 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. As usual anyone who is different is seen as freakish. In programs I have watched , people didn't feel like they were being used, they felt 'special'. She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. Mary Hyatt from Florida on February 13, 2013: I just spent the past 45 reading your article and skimming through the comments. Many of these recipients became invested in the project. 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. He was also a secret sadomasochist. Records are blurry, but she was likely born in 1834 somewhere in Mexico, on the Western slopes of the Sierra Madre:. When she died in 1860 following a difficult childbirth, both she and her infant son were embalmed. What many people don't realise is that at the time of Slavery, the Turks came over to England, Wales and Ireland and took many of us Brits as slaves, they were treated appallingly, but for some reason history has decided to wipe the truth clean, and of course it still happens today in some of those countries, maybe one day we will learn to treat each other with respect, thanks so much for reading Juliet, glad you liked it, nell. She then joined the circus, traveling across Germany to Warsaw and, by late 1859, Moscow. #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. Wellcome Library, LondonAn ad for Julia Pastranas show. So glad she attained a fitting resting place. The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home,out now fromLucia|Marquand, chronicles this return, with essays by six authors exploring Pastranas life, our treatment of the dead, and the exhibition of fellow humans as freaks. Barbata co-edited the book with Donna Wingate, and it draws on over four years of research to understand Pastrana as a person, and restore to her a humanity that was long denied. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. I just noticed some commented two years ago that an effort was being made to bring her to Mexico for burial. 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. Humanity is disgraceful. Eventually, Lent and his new bride retired to St. Petersburg and set up shop in a small waxworks museum. Lentseems to have considered her a model freak, a house-trained monster that behaved well in front of audiences, writes Jan Bondeson in a book essay. Annie Jones, initially billed as the Infant Esau at Barnums Museum, was allegedly secretly married to a showman when she had just turned 16. And, at times, it reads like a gothic horror story.. They make up half of NYUs full-time professors, and they want living wages and academic freedom. [16] The process was a blend of taxidermy techniques and embalming chemicals. At one stage she was declared to be a hybrid of human and orangutan and her mother was constantly dehumanised as a Root-Digger Indian who lived among apes. Munby gained a thrill from transgressions, so it was hardly surprising that he would head to Pastranas freak show in 1857. Bess Lovejoy explores her story and how it was only in 2013, 153 years after her passing, that she was finally laid to rest. Julia Pastrana Her face and body were covered with hair, she had very a large nose and ears and her teeth were irregular. Nell Rose (author) from England on October 14, 2012: Hi colin, Aw thanks! The moving image artist will discuss her investigative practice and the implications of digital image proliferation, taking place via livestream and in Philadelphia. He succeeded. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. 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. is she still being studied. While giving birth, doctors had to use forceps to deliver her baby, resulting in several severe lacerations. So, finally, that was done. Engraving of the embalmed Julia Pastrana with her son (at right) (1862) (via Wellcome Collection), Laura Anderson Barbata, Julia y Laura (2013) in The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (photo of the book for Hyperallergic). Matthew Manning-Psychic and Healer. Daniel Lambert, Cahgn and Eng Bunker, and Charles Stratton had all been shown in the vicinity. She then became part of theSchreiner Collection in the University of Oslos anatomy department. That Lent guy was horrible with what he did to her even after death. Demonic Possession - The Case of Anneliese Michel And Werewolf Bill Ramsey. Thanks for sharing. 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! Her last words were apparently: I die happy; I know I have been loved for myself. But Lents actions suggest otherwise. She arrived, steeped in mystery, and her life was as strange and sad as her birth. Lent returned to London in 1862 determined to continue with the freak show. Thanks for sharing her story and giving her the honor she deserved! Darwins On the Origin of Species complicated the relationship between ape and man by suggesting that the two were placed on an evolutionary scale. 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. Munby was obsessed with documenting working-class women and secretly married his working-class wife, Dr Woolf said. One day and I hope very soon, she will be buried with dignity, and a statue will be erected to show us all, this woman of courage. An illustration of Julia Pastrana, a Victorian stage performer who toured Europe, Canada, and the United States billed as the Bearded or Hairy Lady, the Nondescript, the Ape-Woman, the Marvelous Hybrid or Bear Woman. As . Looking at the image of Julia she looked like an African cross bread with an Indian. Not only would she have to take time off, and lose money, from the tours, but Lent panicked because he thought she might die. 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. I had read quite a bit about Julia Pastrana before ina book "Very pecial People" but not as in depth as you provide here. Julia Pastrana (1834-1860) was a Mexican woman who suffered from various diseases that affected her physical appearance. His reaction was ultimately one of wonder and he saw Pastrana as simply wonderful. Lent sold her corpse and her baby son, to a professor of Moscow University. Nell Rose (author) from England on December 06, 2018: Thanks Tim, yes its an amazing story isn't it? [1] She was born with a genetic condition, hypertrichosis terminalis (or generalized hypertrichosis lanuginosa [2] ); her face and body were covered with straight black hair. "An Artist Finds a Dignified Ending for an Ugly Story", "Behold! Her embalmed baby was never found.. The Magazine Explaining America to the French, What Should You Read Next? We can still see them at State Fairs, although they do not seem to display the most exotic ones. By Marina Manoukian / Aug. 18, 2022 12:46 am EST. thanks so much for reading, and you take care too! A musical Pastrana by Australian writers Allan McFadden and Peter Northwood was performed by Melbourne's Church Theatre in 1989. Affordable Art Fair Returns to NYC With Contemporary Art Under $12,000, Nancy Rubins on Objects in the In-Between, The Palestinian-American Artist Getting Cheeky With Corporate Logos, Londons Castle Cinema Keeps the Magic of Film Alive, Whimsical Childrens Film Tackles War and Displacement in Syria, London Hospital Removes Gaza Childrens Art to Placate Pro-Israel Group, The Society Photographer of NYCs Downtown Underground, NY Legislators Move to Rename Cuomo Bridge. 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." Marco Ferreri's film The Ape Woman (1964) is based on Pastrana's life story. What cemented the marriage? He noted that she or it was intelligent with a fine voice who could speak three languages. you have a great point there! 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