GOOD NEWS DAY
Apr. 3rd, 2011 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Apparently, Eleanor Roosevelt was totally gay.
Here's a quote from a letter she wrote to longtime ~friend~, journalist Lorena Hickok. March 7, 1933:
OMG. She also, according to wikipedia, wore a blue sapphire ring during her husband's inauguration. Another quote:
I already knew Eleanor Roosevelt was awesome, but I didn't realize she was THIS awesome. :D Day. Made.
Here's a quote from a letter she wrote to longtime ~friend~, journalist Lorena Hickok. March 7, 1933:
Hick darling,
All day I've thought of you & another birthday I will be with you, & yet tonite you sounded so far away & formal. Oh! I want to put my arms around you. I ache to hold you close. Your ring is a great comfort to me. I look at it and think she does love me, or I wouldn't be wearing it.
OMG. She also, according to wikipedia, wore a blue sapphire ring during her husband's inauguration. Another quote:
I wish I could lie down beside you tonight & take you in my arms.
I already knew Eleanor Roosevelt was awesome, but I didn't realize she was THIS awesome. :D Day. Made.
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Date: 2011-04-03 10:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-03 10:37 pm (UTC)I'm actually on my way to the library to pick up a book about her. :D I am woefully uneducated in matters of queer history, should probably fix that. Apparently Jane Addams was too!
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Date: 2011-04-03 10:45 pm (UTC)Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok edited by Rodger Streitmatter
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1933 and Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933-1938 written by Blanche Wiesen Cook
The Life of Lorena Hickok: E.R.’s Friend, by Doris Faber (this one denies their relationship, but gives good information about Lorena herself)
Also check out the play Lorena Hickok & Eleanor Roosevelt: A Love Story written by Pat Bond
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