After the bodies were preserved by Sukolov, Lent re-purchased them from him and began exhibiting them throughout Europe. National Library of MedicineA photograph of Julia Pastrana. Why would you want to go to a show to stare at someone who is different? Shared and tweeted. 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! Six visual arts organizations across Europe are collaborating on a new project addressing togetherness, fairness, responsibility, and kindness. But her death did little to stop the freak show from continuing; Pastrana was embalmed, along with her baby. What a terrible story of greed and the loss of a beautiful soul. It shows how two spectators from similar socio-economic backgrounds could respond in very different ways to the same performance. 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. mizjo from New York City, NY on December 15, 2012: It seems that all through our human history, anyone who looked different from ourselves have been treated as freaks, and not always kindly. And the thing is, even today, cruel names are being given to people who "don't fit" something like "gorilla people of Mexico." They looked nothing like the pictures displayed outside their cubicles. Credit: Wellcome Collection. You know it's not what is on the outside that matters but it what in a person's heart that matters. While the mysteries of Pastrana's formative years leave the historians grappling for the truth, these very . 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. Julia Pastrana was a talented Mexican singer and dancer of Indigenous background. Standing in front of an audience of thousands, Julia looked down at the audience and sang in a most beautiful voice. [4][5], According to Ireneo Paz, Francisco Seplveda, a customs official in Mazatln, purchased Pastrana and brought her to the United States. He was covered in hair. The child was born with the same disease as his mother. [16] The process was a blend of taxidermy techniques and embalming chemicals. On 2 August 2012, it was reported in Aftenposten that Pastrana would finally be buried in Mexico at an unspecified date. The mummified bodies of Pastrana and her son were absent from the public eye for a number of years. You always find the most interesting people to write about. 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 this version, so the story goes, a group of Mexican herders then found Pastrana in a mountain cave hiding with her mother. In their version, Pastrana was born with the condition hypertrichosis, which covered her face and body in thick hair. At last Julia has been laid to rest in her home state of Sinaloa De Leyva in Mexico on Tuesday 12th February 2013. What were the dynamics of their life and marriage? thankyou for sharing this wonderful story of facts! Five days after her child died, Julia Pastrana followed due to postpartum complications. In programs I have watched , people didn't feel like they were being used, they felt 'special'. Julia was then moved and the same thing happened again. Lent came in. Also, Lent knew Pastrana was a money-maker, so to avoid her changing showmen what better way to keep her than by marrying her? Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature. But even when dead, white men continued to profit off of her body. Amazing story. She was aware of the fact that she was different but used her small frame and powerful persona to her advantage. It is believed that Pastrana fell in love with Lent as they toured America and Europe together. Julia has been reborn among us. Victorian audiences, eager for circuses and freak shows, flocked to her shows, while scientists also marveled over Pastranas condition. 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. Pastranawas described as sociable and polite, and, besides being undoubtedly the greatest living curiosity, she is a lady in every respect., The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age. This is such a sad yet unique story. 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. Something went way wrong in the chromosome department when she was conceived. :). He didnt write about her, though, until 1862 when he returned to another one of her shows, which was very different to the first. 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. Keep our minds opened to things few people talk about and even fewer know about, Nell. Wellcome ImagesMarie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. 2010. Although now we can look back and think that she was treated badly in life and in death, perhaps she wasn't. 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. 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One of these men was Francis Buckland an eccentric naturalist who first saw the living Pastrana in 1857 and the dead Pastrana in 1862. Pastranas manager, Theodore Lent, described her as half-woman, half-animal in a bid to increase ticket sales. After both their bodies were desecrated following display in a midcentury chamber of horrors, the remains of Pastranas son were lost. Lent sold their corpses to a professor at Moscow University who promised to embalm them, and then he took the preserved bodies of Julia Pastrana and their dad son on tour. That is very emotional and great. Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. His diagnosis followed a racist tradition of linking darker-skinned people with animals. The marriage lasted 15 years until 1895, when the pair were divorced, and Jones subsequently married again. 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. 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. I had heard of her before, but never knew the real story. Displayed and humiliated, she was dressed in one of her dancing dresses. 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. Voted up and awesome! Marie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. Referred to by the locals as Wolf Woman due to her genetic abnormality, she lived with her mother until her mother passed away of unknown causes. charity mtisi from Johannesburg on December 04, 2018: Its a relief that she was finally laid to rest. Julia Pastrana was exhibited during her lifetime, and for quite some time after her death. Julia Pastrana was born in 1834 into an Indigenous community in the Sierra Madre in Mexico. Julia finally went home but without her baby who was also human. So pleased her journey has ended though. Fast-forward to February 1990 and Julia was rediscovered in a basement of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Oslo. One of the best beards in history was grown by a woman named Julia Pastrana. [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. The publicity had clearly got this spectator musing. Known as the marvellous hybrid or Bear Woman, others called her The Ugliest woman in the World. Whats more, hirsute women like Pastrana came to signify hypersexuality, primitivism and bestiality. One doctor, Alexander B. Mott, M.D., certified that she was specifically the result of the mating of a human and an "Orang hutan". is she still being studied. Culiacn. This Idea came from Lent, who suddenly realized that if he didn't want to lose her, he had better marry her himself. In the early 1850s, Julia Pastrana somehow came into the custody of Pedro Sanchez, the then-governor of Sinaloa. Wikimedia CommonsThe embalmed body of Julia Pastrana on display. 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. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 31, 2018: Thanks Anna, I totally agree with you. 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. 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. 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. To be returned to the home of her birth is something that we should all be thankful for. [6] At first, Pastrana performed under the management of J.W. As usual anyone who is different is seen as freakish. To defend the rights of all people is ourresponsibility. (Its believed she died of complications from giving birth.) 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. Tim Truzy from U.S.A. on December 04, 2018: Stranger than fiction, Nell. In her world, there is no detritus and everything (everyone) is charged with potential. 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 this gets out to more people. While the full science behind the abnormality that caused her condition continues to be studied, even today, congenital hypertrichosis has a variety of effective treatments, including laser hair removal and hormone treatments. [7] Lent took over her management, and they toured throughout the US and Europe. thanks so much, and warm wishes to you back! We've gained little empathy in the past 150 years or so. Its quite a story , she really had amazing courage and grace. I guess i am a few years behind but i am glad i stumbled onto your hubpage. Copyright 2019 by John Woolf. Follow her on Twitter @LJCharleston, To join the conversation, please 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 don't forget my alter-ego - Jo Jo the dog faced Boy - lol - and yes this incredible story reminds me of The Elephant Man - and that beauty is always found from within -even though the sensational part of it - has been focused on the 'outside' part .. And you are pretty incredible and beautiful yourself Nell as a writer and hubber both inside and out -sending you warm wishes and good energy from lake erie time ontario canada 1:18pm. 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. It was not until 2013 that she was finally laid to rest in her birthplace of Mexico with a proper burial. "An Artist Finds a Dignified Ending for an Ugly Story", "Behold! After a few months perfecting the process, he put them in the Museum of the university, where they attracted great crowds of people. Humanity is disgraceful. [20] Filmmaker Eva Aridjis filmed the burial for her feature documentary "Chuy, The Wolf Man", a portrait of a modern-day Mexican family with congenital hypertrichosis. Pastrana, who was born in Mexico in 1834, had two rare diseases: generalized hypertrichosis lanuginosa, which caused her face and body to be covered in hair, and gingival hyperplasia, which. In his alma mater, Trinity College, there are volumes of his diaries, notebooks and photograph albums that document, in minute detail, his fascination with working women, from pit girls to collier girls to acrobats and even women with no noses. This was a disaster. 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. Hi The Annoying Life, love the name! Literary giants have thoughts on the new edits to Roald Dahl's works. 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. Munby was obsessed with documenting working-class women and secretly married his working-class wife, Dr Woolf said. Pastrana toured under the management of another showman, Theodore Lent, who like Pastrana remains an obscure figure. She was a very strong woman to keep her dignity as long as she did. I am also reminded of the Hottentot Venus who had a similar fate as Julia. Wonderful story shows how debase people are and cruel. So glad I discovered it ans I find stories with mysterious elements like this one fascinating. He was never going to be able to enjoy it. Today we find the behavior of Julia's promoters deplorable, whereas in years past, exploitation was perfectly acceptable for many. A year later, Marie gave the corpses to a German impresario and they were exhibited in numerous fairs. log in. I believe one day we all may be shocked at finding out who the real animals of the earth are. Listen To 9 Of The Most Haunting Sounds Ever Recorded, Inside The Disturbing History Of The Texas Killing Fields And All The Murders That Remain Unsolved, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. She then joined the circus, traveling across Germany to Warsaw and, by late 1859, Moscow. This was enough to give Lent a nervous break down. 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. Mary Hyatt from Florida on February 13, 2013: I just spent the past 45 reading your article and skimming through the comments. When she died in 1860 following a difficult childbirth, both she and her infant son were embalmed. 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.. When Lent remarried another bearded lady, Marie Bartel, he got back the corpses and had his new wife perform alongside his old, embalmed family. Yet with all this, she was substantially human: she spoke several languages, sang, danced, was lively and intelligent. It is her persona, talents, charisma and courage she should be remembered for, and you captured those qualities beautifully here. When she died in 1860 following a difficult childbirth, both she and her infant son were embalmed. Marie collected the two mummies and exhibited herself alongside the embalmed corpses in November 1888 at the Anthropological Society of Munich. Pastranas story was not forgotten, however. The literature provided by the sideshow that first purchased her said that Pastrana was born in Mexico in August of 1834. In the 19th century, one such human curiosity was the "bearded lady.". He went on to say ' Julia has been reborn among us, let us never see another woman be turned into an object of commerce'. Jake Berthots paintings are haunted by an awareness of mortality and, beyond that, a feeling that no light awaits in the darkness. 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. These reactions provide a really interesting insight into how people viewed freaks. 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! She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. Julia Pastrana. You would think that after she had died, Julia would have been given a dignified funeral, and treated like the lady she was. How Did a Moai Statue End Up in a Lagoon? From The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age. 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. Looking at the image of Julia she looked like an African cross bread with an Indian. Suspiciously Suspect:Who Isand Isn'tan Unreliable Narrator? She arrived, steeped in mystery, and her life was as strange and sad as her birth. Marie and Lent went to Russia, Lent went insane, and in 1888, Marie left Russia for Munich. He dissected them and then mummified them so that they could be put on display. [19] In February 2013, with the help of Sinaloa state governor Mario Lpez Valdez, New York-based visual artist Laura Anderson Barbata, Norwegian authorities, and others, the body was turned over to the government of Sinaloa and her burial was planned. Did he feel any love toward Julia? 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. It's so sad that she lived in a time when science was so primitive and un-understanding. But maybe Julia could distance herself from such claims. According to Dr Woolf, against this backdrop were shady deals, cries of immorality, government crackdowns and even theft. On show with her still born son after death. Nell Rose (author) from England on August 31, 2012: Hi Thomas, yes he certainly was! Why they married we dont know for sure. What cemented the marriage? Even after she and her baby died. ThoughtSandwiches from Reno, Nevada on August 31, 2012: This is an amazingly sad story. She was said to be a skilled performer, who could dance, sing, act and speak multiple languages. Thank you for sharing this story. Only five days later, Julia was dead. 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. How Has the Publishing Industry Been Affected by Trump? England became aware of her and stated in the newspapers at the time, she is an amazing oddity and promptly started to call her The Nondescript, which is similar to what we say today as unexplained. Cover of The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (courtesy Lucia|Marquand). Or do we? Eventually, Lent and his new bride retired to St. Petersburg and set up shop in a small waxworks museum. She went through a lot. Julia Pastrana Online presents historical documents (newspaper advertisements, marriage records, pamphlets, etc.) Julia Pastrana was a famous sideshow performer in her day, but her celebrity was marred by racism and bigotry. Peg Cole from North Dallas, Texas on May 04, 2014: Beautifully written and touching story, Nell. Our Own Devices: Sean Doolittle on Writing a Thriller About Technology. Her son was placed on a pedestal and displayed, wearing a sailor suit. Theodore Lent displayed them across Europe and, when interest faded, he gave them to an English travelling museum of curiosities. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 11:05. It is still there. I had no idea .. wow.. 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. After Lent's death, Julia's body would change hands numerous times and be exhibited all over the place by a variety of fairs, circuses, and cabinets of curiosities. 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. By Bess Lovejoy. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 09, 2012: Hi femme, good morning! Up until the 1970s, there are records of them exhibited as carnival curiosities in the United States and Europe. I'm glad they finally laid Julia to rest. 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. It is so sad, how people treated her. Lent even tracked down another woman named Marie Bartel who had the same condition as Pastrana and married her. But it appears that Lent was attracted to bearded ladies. 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. Unbelievable. Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty? Barnums 13 most famous and incredible oddities. Thank goodness this exploitation is not allowed today. This was a radical idea that discombobulated mans place in nature. 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. Pastrana was not alone in her fate. When will we learn to be kind? Nell Rose (author) from England on September 12, 2017: Kari Poulsen from Ohio on September 11, 2017: Another great story! 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. As we will see, Lent emerges as a monster. 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. thanks for reading. You are an excellent writer Nell. From University to museum, from curiosity stands to freak shows, Julia was passed around and around. P.T. 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 was 162 years ago this month that Pastrana was first put on display for the public, with newspaper advertisements using the most vile racist descriptions of her. It seems she is very self assured despite her fate and circumstances and made the best of her situation. After the adulation in London, Julia began a tour In Berlin Germany, which both changed her appearances from a Freak show to Stage actress. 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. There are various stories about her early life, and little is known for certain, but some accounts . Maybe she could draw a distinction between her freak show persona, The Baboon Lady, and her identity offstage as Julia Pastrana. lol! And, at times, it reads like a gothic horror story.. Lerma Garay, Antonio. It is such a shame how people will treat those different. Nell Rose (author) from England on June 13, 2012: Hi shara, that is so true, thank you so much, I am glad you liked it, cheers nell. Integrating techniques of Islamic art with branding, Saj Issa examines globalizations impact on intersecting identities. I just noticed some commented two years ago that an effort was being made to bring her to Mexico for burial. Lent immediately became Julia Pastranas manager-owner, designing materials and crafting language promoting the unusual contrast between Pastranas appearance and her talents. Display in a time when science what happened to julia pastrana son so primitive and un-understanding six arts. 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