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Hace 2 días · But at Eleanor’s home at Val-Kill, she surrounded herself with influential women that today we recognize as lesbian. These women, including Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, Esther Lape, Elizabeth Read, and Lorena Hickok, played an important role not only in Eleanor’s personal life, but in her political development and activism.
Hace 1 día · This story was originally published in August 2019. In the summer of 1933, accompanied by her close friend Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a history-making road trip.
Hace 1 día · In the summer of 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a historic road trip accompanied by her close friend Lorena Hickok. Her husband Franklin had only been president for four months when the women set off for Quebec in the First Lady's Buick Roadster convertible.
Hace 2 días · When Eleanor Roosevelt became First Lady in 1933, she had a lesbian love–Lorena Hickok, the most famous woman journalist of her day. The letters between the patrician First Lady and the charming hard-living butch reporter began in 1932, when they fell in love. Their correspondence only ended with Eleanor’s death in 1962.
Hace 3 días · Hickok was the most famous female journalist of her time and the first woman to have a byline on the front page of The New York Times. The discovery of 2,336 touching and...
Hace 5 días · Lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people have made history since the beginning of human history,1 but you wouldn't know that from most history books.2 According to historians and researchers, the following people were LGBTQ: Residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Abraham Lincoln may have been the G
Hace 2 días · Stephanie Weisman (Playwright & Performer) has been the Artistic/Executive Director of The Marsh since 1989, transforming it from a weekly performance series to producing over 500 shows annually across its San Francisco and Berkeley stages. The Marsh’s programs include the development and premiere of new performances, after-school classes for ...
