| 词条 | Ella Harper |
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Ella Harper (5 January 1870 – 19 December 1921),[1] known professionally as The Camel Girl,[2] was born with a very rare orthopedic condition that caused her knees to bend backwards, called congenital genu recurvatum. Her preference to walk on all fours resulted in her nickname "Camel Girl". In 1886 she was featured as the star in W. H. Harris’s Nickel Plate Circus, appearing in newspapers wherever the circus visited. The back of her pitch card reads: {{quote|I am called the camel girl because my knees turn backward. I can walk best on my hands and feet as you see me in the picture. I have traveled considerably in the show business for the past four years and now, this is 1886 and I intend to quit the show business and go to school and fit myself for another occupation.[3][4]}}Harper received a $200 per week salary that likely opened new doors for her.[2] References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://ellaharper.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/finding-ella-my-search-for-the-camel-girl/ |title=Finding Ella (my search for The Camel Girl) |date=18 April 2015 |accessdate=13 May 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harper, Ella}}2. ^1 {{cite web| last = Pednaud| first = J. Tithonu| title = The Human Marvels| work = thehumanmarvels.com| url = http://thehumanmarvels.com/?p=38| accessdate = 2010-04-24}} 3. ^{{cite web| last = Anderson| first = Elizabeth J.| title = Ella Harper - The Camel Girl| work = phreeque.com| url = http://www.phreeque.com/ella_harper.html| dead-url = yes| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20120614123750/http://www.phreeque.com/ella_harper.html| archivedate = 2012-06-14| accessdate = 2010-04-24}} 4. ^{{cite journal | last = Harper | first = Ella | title = Ella Harper's 1886 Nickel Plate Circus Pitch Card | publication-place = United States | date = 1886-11-19}} 4 : 1870 births|American people with disabilities|1921 deaths|Deaths from colorectal cancer |
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