Josefine Meißauer was arrested more than once in Bavaria for being in female clothing. When Magnus Hirschfelt's book Die Transvestiten came out in 1910, she contacted him, and with a recommendation written by him, she succeeded in obtaining a police permit. - Magnus Hirschfeld, & Max Tilke. Der erotische Verkleidungstrieb (Die Transvestiten). Illustrierter Teil. A. Pulvermacher, 1912: plate XVIII.
- "Unterricht: Transvestismus in der ersten Hälfte des 20: Jahrhunderts: Josefine Meißauer oder Josef Meißauer?"Queer History. http://queerhistory.de/unterricht/josefine-meissauer-oder-josef-meissauer.