Mary Ann Bevan
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Mary Ann Bevan (née Webster; 20 December 1874 – 26 December 1933) was an English nurse, who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world".
Infobox
Born
Mary Ann Webster (1874-12-20)20 December 1874 Plaistow, Newham, London, England
Died
26 December 1933(1933-12-26) (aged 59)
Occupation
Sideshow performer ∙ nurse
Employers
Employed by Samuel W. Gumpertz to perform at Coney Island Dreamland Ringling Brothers Circus and was employed as a nurse.
Spouse
Thomas Bevan (m. 1902; died 1914)
Children
4
References
- World's Fairhttps://web /web/20150518091933/http://www /history/worlds_fair/extracts/1931-1940
- "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch /ark:/61903/1:1https://familysearch /ark:/61903/1:1:263B-WFY
- American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
- American Philosophical Society. 6 August 1924. "Mary Bevan and her children". Accessed 22 August 2007.http://www /html/eugenics/static/images/833
- Leeds Mercury, Saturday 11 September 1926 - https://www /viewer/bl/0000748/19260911/101/0005https://www /viewer/bl/0000748/19260911/101/0005
- Danzig, Jon. British Medical Journal. 4 November 2006. "Doctor protests at greeting card manufacturer making fun of womahttp://ukpmc /articles/PMC1633789