Sizemore, Chris Costner

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Dates:
Birth 1927-04-04

Biographical notes:

Diagnosed as having multiple personalities; became author and lecturer.

From the description of Papers, 1952-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878897

1927 Apr 4 Born in Edgefield, S.C. to Acie and Zueline Hastings Costner. 1929 Traumas witnessed. First memory of additional personalities: the Red Head Girl, Ugly Girl, and Black Patent Shoe Girl. 1933 Twin sisters, Elyse and Louise, born. 1946 Married George Rodgers. 1948 Daughter Taffy born. 1952 Divorced George Rodgers. Multiple personality disorder diagnosed by Dr. Corbett Thigpen and Dr. Hervey Cleckley. 1953 Married Don Sizemore. 1957 McGraw-Hill released The Three Faces of Eve by Corbett Thigpen. Film version came out the same year. 1958 Co-authored The Final Face of Eve with James Poling. 1959 Son, Bobby Sizemore, born. 1974 Illness resolved. 1975 Began lecturing. 1977 Doubleday released I'm Eve, by Sizemore and cousin Elen Sain Pittillo.

From the guide to the Chris Costner Sizemore Papers, 1952-1989 (bulk 1956-1979), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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  • Women authors, American
  • Diaries
  • Mental illness
  • Multiple personality
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women

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  • United States (as recorded)

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