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. Lithograph of Julia Pastrana by V. Katzler circa 1860. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. [13] Francis Buckland stated that she was "only a deformed Mexican Indian woman". Image of Julia Pastrana. While the mysteries of Pastrana's formative years leave the historians grappling for the truth, these very . Levertis Steele from Southern Clime on May 04, 2014: Oh, how sad. In addition to scholarly publications with top presses, she has written for Atlas Obscura and Ranker. I know you wrote this 2 years ago.. and wow.. that is amazing I love this hub, Thanks Integrity, yes she went through a lot, it was a nightmare, glad you liked it and thanks for reading again, nell. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 11:05. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. thanks for reading, nell. Barbatas art is often long-term and participatory, engaging in practices such asstilt-dancing in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico, and papermaking in the Amazon of Venezuela. Copyright 2019 by John Woolf. I had heard of her before, but never knew the real story. I am also reminded of the Hottentot Venus who had a similar fate as Julia. She was adept at playing up to her billing as the Baboon Lady. Perhaps a bit of all three. thanks for reading. Standing at only four foot six, labor put her very life at risk. Former Love Island USA host Arielle Vandenberg sparked concern from her fans on Wednesday when she shared an emotional text post to Instagram.. On top of closeups of what looked like linen sheets . Nell Rose (author) from England on July 31, 2018: Thanks Anna, I totally agree with you. You are an excellent writer Nell. Shortly after, he died. Thank you for reading. From this family was born the idea of werewolves. As usual anyone who is different is seen as freakish. Peg Cole from North Dallas, Texas on May 04, 2014: Beautifully written and touching story, Nell. Juliet Christie Murray from Sandy Bay Jamaica on November 25, 2012: Well this is truly amazing.This hub could have made you a millionaire but the content was so spell binding and mind boggling that I get the feeling no one saw the ads. Poor lady and her child. I guess i am a few years behind but i am glad i stumbled onto your hubpage. We weren't allowed to go into those tents. An excellent hub Nell, well written and thought provoking. She was so incredibly tolerant and embraced a tough situation admirably. Of her origin nothing certain was or is known: the story however being that her mother was a Mexican Indian, who was lost for years in a country full of apes & bears. A year later, Marie gave the corpses to a German impresario and they were exhibited in numerous fairs. According to Dr Woolf, the other man was Arthur Munby a civil servant who lived a secret life. It seems she is very self assured despite her fate and circumstances and made the best of her situation. Having to stand beside people, instead of with them, and to be shown as a freak for money, not sharing any of the everyday joys in a home filled with love.. related to the life of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860), who once performed in the U.S. and all over Europe. This is such a sad yet unique story. Known as the marvellous hybrid or Bear Woman, others called her The Ugliest woman in the World. In December 1854, Julia Pastrana stepped on stage at Broadways Gothic Hall in Manhattan. 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. Julia's mummie disappeared over the next few decades. Her body was covered in hair, and her face even more so. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. Cathleen J Wyatt from Reno, NV on May 18, 2012: 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Addressing ethical issues and human remains" While we might scoff at the idea that anyone could ever think a human was the product of a sexual encounter between an ape and a woman, for the Victorians this wasnt necessarily a crazy idea, Dr Woolf said. Nell Rose (author) from England on December 16, 2012: Hi mizjo, I don't the know the answer to that, as I am sure you understand, when people treat each other with respect then this world will be a much better place, thanks so much for reading mizjo, nell. 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. lol! There are people in all races that treat others like this even today. lol! . On March 20th 1860, Julia gave birth to a baby boy. The marriage lasted 15 years until 1895, when the pair were divorced, and Jones subsequently married again. Theodor Lent became more and more aggressive, and by the time they had toured through Poland and Russia, Julia realized that she was pregnant. What a great woman! Kevin Martin from United States on August 15, 2012: This story is very, very interesting and sad. Freak shows have been common for many centuries. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Julia Pastrana was an indigenous Mexican woman treated as a spectacle in life, and death. She was in Moscow at the time, on tour. This was soooooo well written, and from an outstanding perspective. Cover of The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (courtesy Lucia|Marquand). Wikimedia CommonsJulia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. Or do we? In April 1854 she left Snchez, having been persuaded by a showman to perform in America, and in December 1854, at the Gothic Hall musical theater on Broadway, she was billed as the Marvelous Hybrid or Bear Woman. 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. Nell Rose (author) from England on October 14, 2016: Thanks for reading margie, yes she was one heck of a lady wasn't she? In Mexico, where Pastranas mother was variously claimed to be a native, living in a cave and/or where she gave birth, women were similarly perceived as hypersexual. . 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. She suffered from two rare congenital disorders that meant her face and body were covered in dark hair and her gums were so overgrown it looked as if she had a second set of teeth. Lent immediately became Julia Pastranas manager-owner, designing materials and crafting language promoting the unusual contrast between Pastranas appearance and her talents. What cemented the marriage? Thanks for sharing her story and giving her the honor she deserved! 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. The pair of 35-year-old Australian women have revealed they want to get pregnant at same time with the same man. In 2013, over a century after she left the Sierra Madre Mountains for a career in the United States, Pastrana finally returned home. I am so pleased that at last, she is at peace. After the bodies were preserved by Sukolov, Lent re-purchased them from him and began exhibiting them throughout Europe. [2] Hundreds of people attended her Catholic funeral, and her remains were buried in a cemetery in Sinaloa de Leyva, a town near her birthplace. muhammad abdullah javed on September 04, 2015: Very interesting Hub Nell Rose, reading about personalities pend down by you is simply a fascination. Others called her the Bearded lady. 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. But it doesn't finish here. 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." Photograph by George Wick of the embalmed Julia Pastrana (via Wellcome Collection), Pages from The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (photo of the book for Hyperallergic). As we will see, Lent emerges as a monster. He dissected them and then mummified them so that they could be put on display. It is her persona, talents, charisma and courage she should be remembered for, and you captured those qualities beautifully here. She was aware of the fact that she was different but used her small frame and powerful persona to her advantage. She was so smart, and intelligent. Nell Rose (author) from England on August 15, 2012: Hi jainismus, thanks so much for reading, nell. 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. More by Allison Meier. Did he feel any love toward Julia? Although now we can look back and think that she was treated badly in life and in death, perhaps she wasn't. Beach, Julia began to turn the tide around and, charming the public with her grace, she began to get very well known, even being invited to grand balls and military gala's. When Lent remarried another bearded lady, Marie Bartel, he got back the corpses and had his new wife perform alongside his old, embalmed family. 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. In the early 1850s, Julia Pastrana somehow came into the custody of Pedro Sanchez, the then-governor of Sinaloa. Her looks resembled an ape. Her body was "stuffed",[18] as noted by renowned naturalist and taxidermist Charles Darwin. Indeed, in the world of the freak show bearded ladies often found admirers and husbands. What were the dynamics of their life and marriage? Complications during birth left her weak and drained. Copyright 2019 by John Woolf. Mahaveer Sanglikar from Pune, India on August 15, 2012: Interesting information about an unfortunate lady. Much of Pastranas life is still shrouded in mystery. His diagnosis followed a racist tradition of linking darker-skinned people with animals. Pastrana eventually married her manager, Lent; a man Dr Woolf describes as a shady character. We can only guess as to how Lent rationalised what he was doing with Pastrana but money undoubtedly played a huge role. log in. Some people might act politely as they have been "trained" to do so, but atrocities such as the treatment of this woman and her child are as much prevalent today as they ever were. This is where those two accounts of her origin story converge. Barnums 13 most famous and incredible oddities. At this time the press described Bartel as his property. But what about Lent and Pastrana? Dr John Woolf, the author of The Wonders: Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show told news.com.au that Pastrana was popular among naturalists, attracting the attention of Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin. 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. Levertis Steele from Southern Clime on September 20, 2012: Oh, how unfortunate and sad for poor Julia and her baby! Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. I'm glad they finally laid Julia to rest. This story made me tear up. Join the conversation, you are commenting as. Hi The Annoying Life, love the name! 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. To the public eye, she did have a very strange appearance. Her last words were apparently: I die happy; I know I have been loved for myself. But Lents actions suggest otherwise. [16] The process was a blend of taxidermy techniques and embalming chemicals. 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. One spectator commended her sweet voice and great taste in music and dancing. Another spectator recalled giving Pastrana a cigarette: seating herself in an apish posture astride of a tall chair, she lighted it and some it through; looking a perfect fiend, as she sat there before the spectators, her great cavernous eyes flaming and her huge nostrils omitting clouds of smoke. Five days after her child died, Julia Pastrana followed due to postpartum complications. I admire her dignity . From March 22 to 26, over 70 local, national, and international galleries present extraordinary art at accessible prices. [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. 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.". Then again, this was never a neat distinction unlike actors today who move between characters, Pastrana played one role which she literally embodied.. It's so sad that she lived in a time when science was so primitive and un-understanding. Doctors declared her a human and orangutan hybrid, and her talent at dance and song were displayed as a contrast to her seemingly unfeminine appearance. There is so much more to this story, but in a nutshell, Julia and her baby were passed from person to person, country to country, until one day in 1976, the storage facility where Julia was being kept, was broken into and vandalized. Fast-forward to February 1990 and Julia was rediscovered in a basement of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Oslo. But maybe Julia could distance herself from such claims. Suzette Walker from Taos, NM on May 04, 2014: Wow, Nell! HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. As for Lent, is he any different than, let's say Max Clifford? Her embalmed baby was never found.. Julia finally went home but without her baby who was also human. Then in 1990, Julia was eventually found in the basement of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, in Oslo, Norway. It is such a shame how people will treat those different. 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. I know I have been loved for myself." Unfortunately, she was dehumanized in death as she was in life. From the redundancy of the teeth her mouth projected, and her face had a gorilla-like appearance".[15]. Not many people believed that these mummies could possibly be real. Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson is back. such a darn shame! Then, somehow, she found her way into show business. Matthew Manning-Psychic and Healer. Nineteenth-century audiences recoiled at the sight of Julia Pastrana, the sideshow performer better known as the Ape Woman. One theater critic called her a semi-human being while another referred to her as a Baboon Woman.. Sheila Brown from Southern Oklahoma on June 18, 2012: This is a very well written and interesting story. I have seen what was called The Two-headed man, The Fat Lady, The Snake-eating man, and a few midgets. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria. Julia Pastrana was set to perform at the Regent Gallery, at the Quadrant on Regent Street with its lodgings, homes and shops selling imported and exotic delicacies. I remember as a child visiting the travelling side shows at the carnivals and hearing the barkers call out "See the bearded lady" and their recruiting for other similar attractions. When she died in 1860 following a difficult childbirth, both she and her infant son were embalmed. They appeared in Norway in 1921 and toured the US as late as 1972. RELATED: Queen Victorias freaky obsession, RELATED: Crucial find in Elephant Man mystery, RELATED: Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. Voted up etc and pinned. Barnums 13 most famous and incredible oddities. 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. Pastrana was not alone in her fate. One doctor, Alexander B. Mott, M.D., certified that she was specifically the result of the mating of a human and an "Orang hutan". The announcement appeared in an article published in Mexican newspaper "Mural", member of the editorial group Reforma. 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. What she had experienced is appalling. 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. Julia Pastrana Online presents historical documents (newspaper advertisements, marriage records, pamphlets, etc.) To defend the rights of all people is ourresponsibility. A play based on Pastrana's life, The True History of the Tragic Life and Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World (1998) was written by Shaun Prendergast. It's her face and she is stuck with it pretty much. To be returned to the home of her birth is something that we should all be thankful for. Then, unexpectedly, Lent had a mental breakdown and ended up in the towns local mental sanatorium. Genevieve Carlton earned a Ph.D in history from Northwestern University with a focus on early modern Europe and the history of science and medicine before becoming a history professor at the University of Louisville. In this version, so the story goes, a group of Mexican herders then found Pastrana in a mountain cave hiding with her mother. [13] Samuel Kneeland, Jr., a comparative anatomist of the Boston Society of Natural History, declared that she was human and of Indian descent. That Lent guy was horrible with what he did to her even after death. She was given a Catholic ceremony and buried, free from prying eyes at last. Nell Rose (author) from England on November 18, 2012: Thanks unknown spy, glad you liked it, nell. the "Ape Woman", the "Bear Woman", and "The Nondescript". Lerma Garay, Antonio. All praise to God who has created each & every creature with so much variation & uniquenessdifferent looks outside as well inner constitution wise, but then all equal of their need for love, care and generousity towards them. It's an interesting story, by the way. Wikimedia CommonsThe embalmed body of Julia Pastrana on display. Lent even tracked down another woman named Marie Bartel who had the same condition as Pastrana and married her. Pastranas manager, Theodore Lent, described her as half-woman, half-animal in a bid to increase ticket sales. 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. thankyou for sharing this wonderful story of facts! I'm glad Julia is finally at peace. Thank goodness this exploitation is not allowed today. "An Artist Finds a Dignified Ending for an Ugly Story", "Behold! 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. 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. Julia Pastrana (1834-1860) was a Mexican woman who suffered from various diseases that affected her physical appearance. 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. That is very emotional and great. 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. Then, Pastrana got pregnant. Julia's time was coming to an end. Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month. Shared and tweeted. Silver Fish from Edinburgh Scotland on May 04, 2014: Amazing hub, loved reading this. Voted up. thanks! 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.. I'm glad she was finally laid to rest it was so long overdue. It is still there. 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. The bill at her early shows claimed that her people resembled apes and lived in caves, and Pastrana was only brought to the sideshow when a woman named Mrs. Espinosa who was captured and held hostage by Pastranas tribe escaped, and took Julia Pastrana with her. 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. Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home is out now fromLucia|Marquand,distributed by D.A.P. how awful was that? But i am so pleased that at last, she is stuck with it what happened to julia pastrana son much: Wow nell. Rediscovered in a time when science was so incredibly tolerant and embraced a tough situation.... Was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 11:05 treated as a in. 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