Harry Allen (trans man)

Harry Allen
Born	Nell Pickerell 1882
Died	December 27, 1922, age 40[1] Seattle, Washington
Other names	Harry Livingston, Nellie Allen
Known for	Early Pacific Northwest transgender man
Children	One child born c. 1898
Parent(s)	Robert P. Pickerell, Jennie Gordon

Harry Allen (1882–December 27, 1922) was a trans man. He was the subject of ongoing sensationalistic newspaper coverage in the Pacific Northwest from 1900 to 1922 for petty crimes associated with life on the margins of society such as prostitution and alcohol offences, as well as his assignment of female at birth but life as a male.^[1][2][3]

Newspaper articles

• "In Male Attire; "Harry Livingston" Says She Will Wear Them. A Masquerading Girl Gave the Police a Good Run Last Night. May Go to Nome.", Seattle Daily Times, p. 7, April 20, 1900
• "This Girl Refuses to Wear Skirts; Nellie Pickerell Acts, Talks and Dresses Like a Man, and says She Ought to Have Been One", Boston Post, p. 15, April 30, 1900
• "Goes By The Name Of Harry; Nell Pickerell and Her Peculiar Mania; She is Ashamed of Her Sex— Arrested This Morning on the Charge of Theft", Seattle Daily Times, p. 5, October 12, 1901
• "Suicide Ends the Love Affair", San Francisco Call, 91 (26), December 26, 1901
• "Police Briefs", Seattle Daily Times, p. 7, January 9, 1902
• "Nell Pickerell In Court; Her Trial for Throwing a Spittoon at a Saloon Man Is Continued", Seattle Daily Times, p. 14, August 4, 1902
• "Girl Tries To End Her Life; Pearl Waldron Falls in Love With Notorious Nell Pickerell", Seattle Daily Times, p. 3, November 4, 1903
• "Shoots Herself In The Chest; Pretty Young Woman of Seattle Attempts Suicide", San Francisco Call, November 5, 1903
• "Nell Pickerell Again", Seattle Daily Times, p. 17, July 10, 1904
• "Nellie Pickerell Arrested. Woman Dressed in Male Attire Is Again Sent to Jail", Seattle Daily Times, p. 10, July 21, 1905
• "Police Baffled By Silence Of A Nervy Young Woman; Female After Month's Imprisonment; Refuses to Tell What She Knows About Big Robbery", San Francisco Call, 99 (83), February 21, 1906
• "The Notorious Nell Pickerell in Town", The Ellensburgh Capital, Ellensburg, Washington, p. 3, February 13, 1900, retrieved July 31, 2014
• "Nell Pickerell Again in Jail", Seattle Daily Times, p. 11, October 23, 1907
• "Nell PIckerell in a Tacoma Strongbox; Girl Who Insists on Wearing Men's Clothes is Believed to be Member of Dangerous Gang", Seattle Daily Times, p. 1, January 21, 1908
• "Nell Pickerell Tended Bar in Montana Town; Seattle Woman Appears in Men's Clothes Because She Says Her Features Make it Possible", Seattle Daily Times, p. 5, April 27, 1908
• "How Catherine Madden Fell Victim to Strong Drink; Why Nell Pickerell Will Not Wear Women's Clothing", The Spokesman-Review, October 22, 1911, retrieved July 31, 2014
• "Nell Pickerell Returning to Jail", The Spokesman-Review, p. 3, November 15, 1911, retrieved July 31, 2014
• "Nell Pickerell Denies Her Sex; Woman Who Dresses in Male Attire Starts Story She is a "Real Man"; Rumor Causes Sensation; Sheriff Stone Brands Statement an Untrue Fabrication Result of Liquor", The Spokesman-Review, p. 4, November 22, 1911, retrieved July 31, 2014
• "Trousered Woman Bites Policeman", Seattle Daily Times, p. 2, July 22, 1915
• "Nell Pickerell Stabbed", Seattle Daily Times, p. 5, September 27, 1916
• "Nell Pickerell is Stabbed by Father; Woman Who Masqueraded Here is as Man Hurt in Row With Parent at Seattle", Spokane Daily Chronicle, p. 13, September 28, 1916, retrieved July 31, 2014
• "Nell Pickerell Asks for $50 Pay For Services", Seattle Daily Times, p. 19, July 1, 1917
• "PICKERELL — Funeral services for Nell Pickerell will take place from the Butterworth mortuary, 1921 First Ave., Saturday, Dec. 30, at 4 p. m. All friends invited. Cremation.", Seattle Daily Times, p. 15, December 28, 1922
• "Nell Pickerell is Dead; Masqueraded as Man, Attracting Attention Here", Seattle Daily Times, p. 11, December 28, 1922

References

1. Washington State Death Records - Nell - Robert P. Pickerell - Jennie Gordon, Washington State Death Records
2. Berger, Knute (June 30, 2014), "Meet Nell Pickerell, transgender at-risk youth of yesteryear; She lived a century ago - as a man. But Nell's story rings true today, and parallels the experience of many Northwest street kids", Crosscut.com
3. Boag, Peter (2011), Re-dressing America's Frontier Past, University of California Press, pp. 23–58, ISBN 9780520270626