Perhaps the most recognizable transsexual in the world even today, Christine Jorgensen underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1952.  She went from obscurity to an onslaught of media attention; enduring many bad jokes at her expense.  But entertaining and educating, Christine was a class act. Susan Stryker noted that "Given a very narrow path to walk through life, she found a way to walk it with style." She was banned in Boston and named Woman of The Year in New York.  Interviewed later in life if she had any regrets, she replied without hesitation, "none at all."