DIVORCED BY “WIFE”
W9MAN AS MALE DOCTOR MENA (Arkansas), October 12. Wi*h her death has ended the careei of Dr Mary Victor Mayfield, who masqueraded as a man during most ot her life and who is to be burled in masculine attire. She practised as a male doctor in many states before coming to Arkansas thirteen years ago. She is said to have married a wui'jjn in Ohio, who divorced her for desertion. Her sex was discovered three years ago, when she fell ill.' Dr Mayfield is believed to have been over eighty years old, .hough her real age is as great a secret as her past life.
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Evening Star, Issue 20316, 26 October 1929, Page 11
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108DIVORCED BY “WIFE” Evening Star, Issue 20316, 26 October 1929, Page 11
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