{"id":2070,"date":"2024-07-01T23:38:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T23:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2024-07-01T23:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T23:38:51","slug":"the-fascinating-and-tragic-story-of-mary-ann-bevan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/?p=2070","title":{"rendered":"The fascinating and tragic story of Mary Ann Bevan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mary Ann Bevan\u2019s story begins in the 19th century when \u2018freak shows\u2019 were popular in American culture. These shows exhibited people with deformities, which is now considered highly disrespectful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Ann Bevan, born on December 20, 1874, in Plaistow, East London, was a nurse and a respected member of society. She married Thomas Bevan in 1902, and they had four children. However, Thomas passed away after 14 years, leaving Mary to care for their children alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the age of 32, Mary began experiencing symptoms of acromegaly, a hormonal disorder causing excessive growth of bones in her face, hands, and feet. This condition led to significant physical changes, and she eventually lost her job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desperate to provide for her children, Mary responded to a cruel advertisement seeking the \u201cUgliest woman.\u201d Although she was reluctant, she saw no other option. Claude Bartram, the circus agent, described her: \u201cShe was not repulsive at all\u2026 She was unblemished, healthy, and strong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary\u2019s decision allowed her to support her children, showing her enduring strength and love as a mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57029\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ann Bevan\u2019s story begins in the 19th century when \u2018freak shows\u2019 were popular in American culture. These shows exhibited people with deformities, which is now considered highly disrespectful. Mary&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"views":1158,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2072,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions\/2072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flavortwistp.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}