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Magic Circle tries to track down first female member – who posed as a man
Sophie Lloyd was expelled in 1991 for ‘deliberate deception’ after being admitted while pretending to be a man
The council meeting of the Magic Circle on 9 October 1991 was a historic occasion, marking the moment when the first cohort of women, including Debbie McGee and Fay Presto, were admitted to its previously male-only ranks of magicians. “It’s almost as if they just made her vanish from thin air, tried to brush it under the carpet, but obviously now the story has come out and we’re so desperate to right this wrong,” said Laura London, the first female chair of the Magic Circle. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianArchive material shows that the deception was in fact a two-woman job, concocted by the magician Jenny Winstanley, who wanted to be the first woman admitted to the Magic Circle.
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