Circus performer Julia Pastrana: Were crowds fascinated by her talent or her appearance?

Carol Birch’s novel Orphans of the Carnival tells the true story of Julia Pastrana.

31 August 2016

4 minutes

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Woman's Hour—Hypertrichosis, 'Cuckoo Kids' law', Discrimination, Racist abuse

What abuse are black women experiencing on social media in the UK?
Duration: 05:56

'There is a business side to marriage'
Duration: 01:05
Hear the first ever words spoken on Woman's Hour in 1946
Duration: 00:54
Climber Shauna Coxsey on tackling Britain's hardest deep water solo route
Duration: 00:57
'A good enough marriage is a pretty good marriage'
Duration: 01:18