About the Author

Martha Vicinus is the Eliza M. Mosher Distinguished University Professor of English, Women's Studies, and History at the University of Michigan. She is the author or editor of numerous works, including Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, Lesbian Subjects: A Feminist Studies Reader, and Independent Women: Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews

"Passionate, erudite, and deeply researched, Intimate Friends puts erotic desire at center stage in the history of women who loved women. Martha Vicinus tells compelling stories of female husbands and rakes, devoted daughters and cross-dressing inverts, changing forever the way we think about lesbian history." - Leila Rupp, author of A Desired Past"