Dr. Alan L. Hart (1890 - 1962)

Born Alberta Lucille Hart, Alan L. Hart was an American physician, researcher and author and one of the first female-to-male transgender persons to undergo a hysterectomy in the United States and live the rest of his life as a man. A trailblazer, Hart pioneered the use of x-ray photography in early tuberculosis detection and developed screening protocols and programs that emphasized the use of radiology that saved thousands of lives, while fundraising extensively for medical research and to support economically challenged patients. As an author, Hart also penned novels with autobiographical themes of medicine and sexuality and plots that reflected the difficulties inherent in leading a secret life to avoid public slander and outrage.