Outlaw marriages : the hidden histories of fifteen extraordinary same-sex couples / Rodger Streitmatter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Streitmatter, Rodger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Same-sex marriage--United States.

Same-sex marriage.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2012]

Summary:

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 as fifty-years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife. Cultural historian Rodger Streitmatter reveals how some of these unions didn't merely improve the quality of life for the couples but also enriched the American culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

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 Flanner & 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-210).

ISBN:

9780807003343

0807003344

OCLC:

753624553