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5/1/1884 Lawrence Register Payne, most of whose life

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Source Summary

The Daily Gazette: Fort Wayne, Ind, Thursday Morning, May 1, 1884 Lawrence Register Payne, most of whose life has been passed as a woman in Frederick county, Virginia, under the name of Rebecca Payne, and whose recent marriage was much commented upon in the newspapers, has taken the platform, and lectured in Hagerstown, Md.. recently. TRULY this is a great world. By simple and painless operation Miss Elizabeth Rebecca Payne, one of the best known society ladles of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, who for thirty-eight years was supposed to be woman, wan given a license with the signatures of two reputable physicians attached stating that "it" was man. The young man startles the community by proceeding to marry young lady whom he hid worked, associated and slept with for some years. His great love for the lady caused him to give up his female garb.

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Community significance

“5/1/1884 Lawrence Register Payne, most of whose life” may matter to community readers because it connects community and organizing with organizing, advocacy, or collective experience. Its discussion of family and relationships gives readers a concrete point of entry into the concerns and strategies represented in the article.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2011 at Cristan’s Research, “5/1/1884 Lawrence Register Payne, most of whose life” provides dated evidence of how community and organizing was being argued in relation to family and relationships. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

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No dominant policy frame was detected in “5/1/1884 Lawrence Register Payne, most of whose life.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of community and organizing may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

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Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Technology, data, and platformsTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
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How “Community and organizing” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 2 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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Article authors

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Cristan Williams

143 publications · 714 inbound sources/citations

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Cristan Williams

319 publications · 3,580 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.