1898 - 1986
Elsa Gidlow American Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Elsa
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| Last Name |
Gidlow
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| Birthday |
29th December, 1898
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| Birthplace |
Hull, Yorkshire, England
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| Died |
8th June, 1986
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| Place of Death |
Mill Valley, California, United States
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Poet, author, editor, journalist, political activist, philosopher
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Love poetry, essays, autobiography
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Elsa Gidlow (29 December 1898 – 8 June 1986) was a British-born, Canadian-American poet, freelance journalist, philosopher and humanitarian. She is best known for writing On a Grey Thread (1923), the first volume of openly lesbian love poetry published in North America. In the 1950s, Gidlow helped found Druid Heights, a bohemian community in Marin County, California. She was the author of thirteen books and appeared as herself in the documentary film, Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977). Completed just before her death, her autobiography, Elsa, I Come with My Songs (1986), recounts her life story. It is the first lesbian autobiography published where the author does not employ a pseudonym.
