nurse helping blind Chinese children. In April 1935, she gave a slightly different account of her personal life when interviewed by Ruth McKenney. She claimed that she had been married thrice; the first time when she was fourteen; the second time when she was nineteen; and then to her husband of four years Thomas O'Boyle. References 1879 births 1945 deaths People from Wilmington, North Carolina Bearded women Sideshow performers American people of Russian-Jewish descent American people of Irish descent People from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina American people of Catawba descent