April Ashley

April Ashley was born a boy in 1935 and christened George Jamieson. His father was a sailor in the British Royal Navy during WWII with an affinity for drink who sired 10 children in quick succession. George(April) was frail, with a calcium deficiency and refused to eat most food or drink his school milk and ended up with malnutrition. After leaving the merchant marine, April moved to London at the urging of her friend Ronald Cogan. She worked as a table wiper, bacon slicer and a string of other small jobs to pay the bills. April was absolutely facinated with London. April aquired the nickname "Eyelashes" after Albert Einstein remarked in the resturant Quo Vardis in Soho that he should be Madame Butterfly with his thick long lashes. Albert Einstein had asked to be introduced to April (even though April was still dressing androgenously). In 1956, while on holiday in the South of France, April met up with some friends who suggested she work at Le Carrousel nightclub in Paris. The manageme