Roberta Cowell's Story, An Autobiography

摘要

The author of this book was born in 1919, and for thirty-two years bore the name of Robert Cowell. He married and became the father of two children.At the beginning of World War II, he joined the R.A.F. In 1945 he was shot down over Germany and made a prisoner of war. In 1948 he became aware of physical, mental, and emotional changes which led to his being changed into a "woman." This was accomplished with the help of psychoanalysis, endocrine therapy, and plastic surgery. "Since May 18th, 1951, I have been Roberta Cowell, female. I have become a woman physically, psychologically, glandularly, and legally."