English model, actress, author, and activist (1935–2021)

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The first lady : I was a Vogue model and a national celebrity but I was living with a secret that was to shake the world - / April Ashley ; with Douglas Thompson.

April Ashley's odyssey / Duncan Fallowell & April Ashley.

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Ashley, April, 1935-

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The first lady : I was a Vogue model and a national celebrity but I was living with a secret that was to shake the world - / April Ashley ; with Douglas Thompson.

April Ashley's odyssey / Duncan Fallowell & April Ashley.