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Edith Lees Ellis (1861 - 1916)
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Essentials: Facts for Your Queer Brain by David Bianco
"Who was Sappho? How did San Francisco
get so gay? Was Eleanor Roosevelt really a lesbian? In this
lively volume, Bianco answers these and 98 other questions about
gay history. Largely culled from Bianco's newspaper column 'Past
Out', the entries in Gay Essentials are succinct, witty
and anecdotal. Bianco does a sensible, entertaining job of
covering the kind of history that isn't taught in most
schools." -- Library Journal, September 15, 1999
Includes the answer to the question: Who
were Havelock Ellis and Edith Lees Ellis?
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Edith Mary Oldham (Lees) Ellis (1861- 1916), the
wife of Havelock Ellis, was an author in her own right. The two
volumes here published by Ishill (volume 1 on display) clearly
demonstrate her proficiency as a writer. This is one of the few
publications which Ishill offered for sale. Most of his work was
distributed privately to friends and others whom he knew would
appreciate the contents of his publications...
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By Liz Stanley, University of Manchester, United
Kingdom
Excerpt:
The main feminist conceptualisation of women's
close relationships from the eighteenth to the early twentieth
century characterises these as 'romantic friendships' and argues
that a stereotype of 'the lesbian' was invented by sexologists
such as Havelock Ellis and applied to these relationships in order
to condemn them. A number of pieces of primary research are
presented which suggest that this approach is highly problematic.
In the case of Emily Wilding Davison's close relationship with
Mary Leigh there is simply too little historical evidence to be
able to draw any conclusions as to its character or its meaning
for the women concerned. In addition, Edith Lees Ellis has been
seen as a woman whose romantic friendships were 'morbidified' as
lesbianism by her husband Havelock Ellis, although in this case
archival evidence clearly shows that she certainly saw herself as
a 'invert'. And relatedly, the same archival source also shows
that some women experienced their sexuality in 'mannish' terms in
the absence of any evidence of an influence on them of the
pejorative writings of sexologists. Rather than premature
theoretical generalisation, what is needed is more primary
research on particular women's close relationships and the social
context in which these were located...
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This site lists books with photos by and about
Havelock Ellis and Edith Lees Ellis.
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