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Outlaw Marriages

The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples

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For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other "for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health" for periods of 30 or 40 - sometimes as many as 50 - years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife. In Outlaw Marriages, cultural historian Rodger Streitmatter reveals how some of these unions didn’t merely improve the quality of life for the two people involved but also enriched the American culture.

Among the high-profile couples whose lives and loves are illuminated in the following pages are Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams and Mary Rozet Smith, literary icon Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, author James Baldwin and Lucien Happersberger, and artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg.

©2012 Rodger Streitmatter (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Amériques Biographies et mémoires Questions de genre Sciences sociales Sociologie Mariage
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I have had this book on my wishlist for a long time, and I’m glad I finally bought it. Great specific stories from a time when homosexuality was not accepted, yet a certain number of couples managed to carve out lives for themselves, living together. I appreciated that a number of well known figures were included (such as Gertrude Stein and James Baldwin), but with there was either a PDF accompaniment, or chapters clearly titled (vs simply numbered)… it’s impossible to go back to listen to a story again.

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