the hidden histories of fifteen extraordinary same-sex couples
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Streitmatter, Rodger
- Publish Year
- 2012
- Shelfmark
- VS 3 2012 - B
- Thesaurus
- LHBT, relaties, zwarte vrouwen, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- For more than a century before gay marriage became a political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many as fifty—years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife. Streitmatter reveals how some of these unions didn’t merely improve the quality of life for the two people involved but also enriched the American culture. Among the high-profile couples whose lives and loves are illuminated in the following pages are Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams and Mary Rozet Smith, literary icon Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, writer Audre Lorde and Frances Clayton.