Queer Archives - Page 14 of 23

Amaza Lee Meredith

Despite being prevented from a career as a professional architect as an African-American woman in the early and mid-1900s, Amaza Lee Meredith left a legacy through her work.

Flora Murray

British doctor and suffragette during the early 20th century

Maureen Colquhoun

Women’s rights activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton North

Veronica Wedgwood

Despite never holding an academic post Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood was a well known and respected historian and public intellectual.

Bessie Smith

Acknowledged as one of the greatest blues singers of the twentieth century, Bessie Smith reigned as the “Empress of the Blues” throughout most of the 1920s.

Mary E Garrett

American philanthropist who donated money to start the Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1893 on the condition that the school would accept women students “on the same terms as men”.

Elisabeth Marbury

American author’s representative and theatrical manager.

Dorothy Wilde divided her time between London and Paris, where she was, for a time, the toast of salons, celebrated for her wit, intelligence, and physical likeness to her uncle Oscar, as whom she used to dress up.