The book was written by Roy E. Richmond, Hedy Jo Star's nephew, who created the whole commemoration portal dedicated to her life and art. Hedy Jo Star was an American showgirl, costumier, business woman. "She was born Carl Rollins Hammonds on Feb. 10th, 1920 in Prague Oklahoma. Her mother was Bertha Hammonds; she lived at 1522 Westwood St. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her father and her mother are deceased.
Hedy had two brothers and four sisters. Hedy was the eldest. Her brother’s reaction to her sex change was, “It should have been done years ago.”
"Carl Hammonds lived as a woman since the age of 18. Some of the newspaper articles written by Hedy Jo contained the following information: As a man, Carl Rollins Hammond’s measurements were chest 38”, waist 29”, and hips 34 1/2”. After ten years of hormones and surgery, Hedys’ measurements were bust 42”, waist 26” and hips 38”. Also, her busts were so firm Hedy seldom wore a bra. She found it too confining."
From age 17, she worked as a half-man-half-woman in cabarets and as an ‘exotic dancer’, and took the stage name Hedy Jo Star.
In 1942, after she was drafted, she appeared in the press after making a fuss about not cutting her long hair and appearing as a female impersonator in the US Army shows.
After the war, she returned to the cabaret life.
She underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1962. She is one of the first transgender pioneers in the USA. Hedy married a doctor from Boston, Dr. Ralph Bucinskas. They moved to Las Vegas where she developed her career as a costumier. She died in 1999.
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