Lesbian Art, Poetry, Biography


Biographies, Writings and Works of Art by Lesbians From History

Click Here to Listen to some old and new Lesbian Music in real audio format (real audio can be downloaded for free at www.realaudio.com Sarah Orne Jewett (writer) The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett The Entire Book Online! Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields About their life together Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) Willa Cather (writer) Willa Cather Young and Bright Medusa by Willa Cather Willa Cather 7 books by Willa Cather available online Rosa Bonheur (Artist) Pictures of and paintings by Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur Biography (Encarta Online) Artists Profiles-Rosa Bonheur Picture of Rosa Bonheur Arts and Aging Calendar Rosa Bonheur The Paintings of Rosa Bonheur Painted by Rosa Bonheur (1822-99) French, Watercolor, 14" x 21.5" Rosa Bonheur Biography (Encarta Online) Another Painting by Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur French, 1822-1899 The Horse Fair, ca. 1852 Oil on canvas, 10 ½ x 25" Rosa Bonheur 12" x 9" by Anna Klempke Anna Klempke was Rosa’s companion after her lover died. Joseph Lobdell (transgender, minister) Lucy Ann Lobdell and Joseph Lobdell [IMPORTANT Use http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com to translate from German to English. BE PATIENT, It looks like an article on Capitalism, but if you scroll down there is information about Deborah Sampson, Cora Anderson and other famous transgenders for the past To Translate: surf to http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com and type http://www.so36.de/qnews/tw5.html" in the box. Choose German to english on the pull down menu Then Press translate key. This does not translate the entire document, however, if you hold down your mouse key and drag it over the rest of the text "highlighting" it, then release at the end, go up to the edit bar on your menu at the top, drag down to copy and release, back key to babelfish and paste the rest in the box, it will translate that, the same way. Lena Madesin Phillips H.D., A Brief Biography The H.D. Homepage (Hilda Doolittle) (Links to 2 of H.D.’s Children’s stories and some poems by H.D.) Links to H.D.’s Poetry online Another Hilda Doolittle Webpage Sea Poppies (A Poem by H.D.) Links to 12 poems by H.D. Hymen (a 47 page online book of poetry by H.D. for Bryher) Bryer (writer) Bryer Biography Amy Lowell (poet) Poetry of Amy Lowell (Poetry and a Biography) Georgia O’Keefe Georgia O’Keefe’s "An Orchid" Andrea Dworkin (A Radical Lesbian Writer) Andrea Dworkin works Online Emily Dickenson Emily Dickenson works online (Biographies and 460 poems online) Charlotte Cushman (Actress) A feminist ahead of her time (Charlotte Cushman) Charlotte Cushman 1816 - 1876 (biography) 1844 daguerreotype, of the formidable actress, Charlotte Cushman as the witch Meg Merriles in the adaptation of Walter Scott's Guy Mannering The life and times of Charlotte Cushman Link to Charlotte Cushman, William Page Oil on canvas, 1853 28 1/2 x 22 inches in the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (NPG.72.15) Bright Particular Star The Life & Times of Charlotte Cushman A Full Text Book Online and Free, about the Life of Charlotte Cushman! Charlotte Cushman as Lady Macbeth (illustration) Page from New York Daily Graphic Charlotte Cushman, 1843 From an oil painting by Thomas Sully Charlotte Cushman (Evans)(biography) Emma Stebbins (Sculptor, Emma Stebbins was Charlotte Cushman's longtime friend and companion) Bethesda Fountain, Angel of the Waters, 1868; Emma Stebbins, Central Park, New York City. SARA CEDAR MILLER, Central Park Conservancy.( Sculptor Emma Stebbins was Charlotte Cushman's longtime friend and companion. One of her sculptures, Angel of the Waters, adorns Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park.) Notes on the Bethesda Fountain (Sculpted by Emma Stebbins) Ivy Compton-Burnett (writer) Ivy Compton-Burnett Web page Romaine Brooks (Artist, Photographer) Romaine Brooks: paintings and photographs Other Lesbians with Works Online Notable Lesbians with Works Online Lesbian and Bi Artists (info. No pictures) Music Lavendar Jane Loves Music- a great archive of lesbian musicians, pictures and discography The Derivative Duo- Humorous Lesbian Opera (with audio files of many of their songs) Lesbian/Feminist Music-plenty of pictures here JOAN ARMATRADING Pictures Bio Several Music Samples (Click on the speaker icon) Jamie Anderson Another picture Reviews Bios and Outlists http://www.psn.net/~martyn/queer1.html Queers in History- by time period or geographic location http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/5010/outlist.html Famous Asian/Pacific OutList http://www.blackstripe.com/blacklist/blacklist1.html#A Black list (famous black gays, lesbians and bisexuals) Lesbian History http://www.im1ru12.org/toqp/hisherstory.html The Other Queer Page His/HerStory (many good links) Papers http://melissa.simplenet.com/sexuality.html Transcending the Boundaries of Sexuality and its Implications for Queer Literature http://www.txdirect.net/users/sassyfem/unions.html The History of Lesbian Unions A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem. < A HREF="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blues/homo.html"> Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders in Harlem HOMOSEXUAL AND LESBIAN NIGHTLIFE from article on The Harlem Renaissance Generations: A Cultural and Oral History of Lesbian and Gay Southern Life Quotes From Women Who Love Women Bluestockings, Romantic Friends, Women that didn’t marry Michael Field was the penname of Katherine Bradley,1848-1914 and her niece, Edith Cooper, 1862-1913 Poetry 'Michael Field, the Two-headed Nightingale': lesbian text as palimpsest (Full text article 19 pages long, in acrobat format)

Quotes by Elsa Maxwell

As Elsa Maxwell so aptly said, "Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can." A woman, who is intelligent enough to catch up the advice of a man will be certainly not so stupid to also obey it. Elsa Maxwell Try some searches of your own. There are new things added all the time! *Tip of the day:If you search in Altavista there is a "translate" tab for documents in foreign language Apologizes, I put the HTML code in correctly but the server has some problems. Click Here to Read More about Lesbians from History Click Here to Return to the Historic Lesbian Couples webpage