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The sewing circle : Sappho's leading ladies /

Documents the double life of "The Sewing Circle," a secret lesbian community whose members included such famous Hollywood icons as Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, and Agnes Moorehead.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madsen, Axel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Kensington Books, [2002]
Subjects:
Lesbian actresses > United States > Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Lesbian community > California > Los Angeles.
Actrices lesbiennes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Lesbian actresses.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
United States.
Biographies.
Description
Summary:Documents the double life of "The Sewing Circle," a secret lesbian community whose members included such famous Hollywood icons as Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy, and Agnes Moorehead.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection.
Physical Description:xv, 250 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index.
ISBN:075820101X
9780758201010