Agnes Murphy, To Aimee (poetry)

Agnes Murphy, To Aimee (poetry)

by Agnes Murphy (1865-1931) On Wednesday, Teresa Pitt posted an article on this fascinating author, in which she referred to the following poem. Published posthumously in June 1831, it was prefaced by this editorial note: “This, the last and one of the few poems...
Agnes G. Murphy

Agnes G. Murphy

By Teresa Pitt. The term ‘lesbian’, meaning a same-sex attracted woman, appeared in a medical dictionary for the first time in 1890. It didn’t pass into common usage for many decades after that.

Bella Lavender, Mrs Pankhurst: sonnet

Bella Lavender, Mrs Pankhurst: sonnet

by Bella Lavender, née Guerin (1858-1953) Sonnet (suggested by the W.P.A. cable to the Albert Hall meeting on 10th April, 1913) by Bella Lavender, M.A. More free art thou in prison than the race Of sordid men who sell for gain or greed Our free-born sisters in their...