150 Years of Lesbians: A Pictorial History
 

I just looked through this and loved it and wanted to share.

http://www.autostraddle.com/150-year...sbians-144337/

It's an amazing pictorial history of the lesbian community, including from the butch/femme community. Some of the older pictures I'm sure are included based on conjecture instead of any proof that the subjects were gay, but overall it's so great to view. I even recognized a few faces of people that I have met in person!

Thank you so much for sharing this! I enjoyed it very very much.
I was sad though not to see any mention or pictures of Judy Tallwing McCarthy in there.

Incredible. Thank you so much for that link.

Thanks!! This is so cool!!!~ :)

skeet

Some of Judy's gorgeous recent paintings are now on view in an exhibit at the Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore.

many thanks
 

Ava Adore <3 thank you so much for sharing this!

Lindas memorias
 

Thank you for the great memories, damn but we're strong, beautiful!

Greco

When I looked at all the wonderful images when this was first posted I don't know how I missed the image of Edmonia Lewis, (second photo from the top), a fascinating sculptor who was well ahead of her time. She attended Oberlin College, becoming one of the first women of colour, (African American/Ojibwe), to do so. Falsely accused of poisoning her roommates, she was set upon by a crowd and badly beaten as a result.

She had become a successful sculptor by the time she relocated to join a colony of women sculptors in Rome known as the, (ahem), Rome Amazons. The band of reputed lesbians was led by Emma Stebbins, the first woman to get a major sculptural commission in the U.S.- the Bethesda Fountain in NYC's Central Park.