Small paperback publication with purple covers titled ‘Past Participants: a lesbian history diary for 1984’ by Lilian Mohin and Anna Wilson. Published by Onlywomen Press, priced £2.95. The blurb states that the diary is “Illustrated with biographies and pictures of strong lesbians from Britain’s past – artists, dancers, printers, politicians, pirates – all women who derived inspiration and strength from loving women.”
The women featured are:
- Catherine Philips, 1631 – 1664
- Anne Bonney and Mary Read – 18th century pirates
- Elizabeth Carter, 1717 – 1806
- Hannah Snell, 1723 – 1792
- Helen Oliver, early 19th century
- Mary Ann Talbot, 1778 – 1808
- Anna Jameson, 1794 – 1860
- James Miranda Barry, 1799 – 1865
- Geraldine Jewsbury, 1812 – 1880
- Frances Power Cobbe, 1822 – 1904 (cover image)
- Emily Faithfull, 1835 – 1895
- Sophia Jex-Blake, 1840 – 1912
- Eleanor Jourdain, 1863 – 1924
- Cicely Hamilton, 1872 – 1952
- Ethel Smyth, 1858 – 1944
- Edith Craig, 1869 – 1947
- Maud Allen, 1870 – 1956
- Lilian Barker, 1874 – 1955
- Eleanor Rathbone, 1872 – 1946
- Gluck, 1895 – 1978
- Nancy Spain, 1917 – 1964
Partly digitised (7 pages incl. front pages and introduction)
Item Details
Date: 1983
Catalogue record: GWL-2023-30-1
Type of object: Diary
Material: Paper
Size: H: 148 x W: 105 X D: 8 mm
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