Barbara Ann Wilcox
Barbara Ann Wilcox (April 1, 1912 – September 9, 1962), born Edward Price Richards and known for a time as Barbara Ann Richards, was an American transgender woman who is known for her successful 1941 petition to change her legal name to her chosen name, which attracted widespread media attention as one of the earliest cases on the legal status of transgender people. == Early life and education == Richards was born on April 1, 1912, to an affluent family in Salem, Massachusetts.