Dear Virginia,

A short while ago I wrote about joining Phi Pi Epsilon sorority and on your advice I ordered some back issues of TVia before proceeding further. I have read the wonderful magazines you sent and I can never fully express how grateful I am to you.

As you wrote, I have made peace with the girl within me and I find she was really a very nice girl and not the ogre I had thought. She is, of course, just a little bit giddy, but then that's the fun of being a girl, isn't it? I can now let her wear her lipstick and hosiery and pretty frocks without feeling like a HS, as I used to.

I know you must have heard these things many times from many girls but I am sure you realize that to those of us who have just discovered ourselves, the new freedom is just as wonderful as I'm sure it was for you.

Barbara really gets a chuckle out of holding a responsible, well paid, job in a man's world. I sometimes have to be very strict with her, like last week when she wanted to put chintz curtains in my office. She is still pouting over that so I'm subscribing to TVia for her and we are both hoping to qualify for Phi Pi Epsilon.

Thank you very much for your help and I hope I can help others in some way.

Sincerely,

Barbara 35-H-8 FPE

Dear Virginia,

"FROM GUILT TO HAPPINESS"

My worst fear to overcome in my past 34 years as a TV was my feelings of guilt, because I loved my TVing so much. I felt full of guilt and shame because I knew I was different. Not only from my friends but also from my own male relatives. My complete enjoying of dressing and living my private secret as I could also caused a lot of worry, frustration, and a lonely life even when I was married.