Outlaw Marriages The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples

Name: Outlaw Marriages The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples
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ISBN: 9780807003428

ISBN-10: 0807003425

ISBN-13: 9780807003428

Edition: 2012

Authors: Rodger Streitmatter

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For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many asfifty—years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife.InOutlaw Marriages, cultural historian Rodger 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…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 5/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue



Walt Whitman & Peter Doyle 1865-1892: Revolutionizing American Poetry



Martha Carey Thomas & Mamie Gwinn 1878-1904: Opening Graduate Education to American Women



Ned Warren & John Marshall 1884-1927: Building the Collections of America's Art Museums



Mary Rozet Smith & Jane Addams 1891-1934: Breaking New Ground in Social Reform and Global Peace



Bessie Marbury & Elsie de Wolfe 1892-1933: Founding the Field of Interior Design



J.C. Leyendecker & Charles Beach 1901-1951: Taking the Art of Illustration to a New Level



Alice B. Toklas & Gertrude Stein 1907-1946: Expanding the Dimensions of American Literature



Janet Planner & Solita Solano 1919-1975: Pioneering a New Style of Journalism



Greta Garbo & Mercedes de Acosta 1931-1960: Making Hollywood the Celebrity Capital of the World



Aaron Copland & Victor Kraft 1932-1976: Inventing a Distinctly American Style of Music



Frank Merlo & Tennessee Williams 1948-1963: Lifting American Theater to New Heights



James Baldwin & Lucien Happersberger 1949-1987: Attacking Racism through Literature



Robert Rauschenberg & Jasper Johns 1954-1962: Expanding the Definition of Art



Ismail Merchant & James Ivory 1961-2005: Turning Literary Works into Sumptuous Films



Frances Clayton & Audre Lorde 1968-1988: Raising a Voice for Women of Color


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Photography/Illustration Credits