Elisa Rolle's Blog, page 174

Noël Haskins Murphy (December 25, 1895 - 1982)

In 1931 Janet Flanner fell in love with the singer Noel Haskins Murphy (1895-1982) and spent increasing amounts of time with her at her country home in Orgeval. Solano had to come to terms with this intrusion into her relationship with Flanner and became a frequent visitor to Orgeval. The two-story stone house behind a high wall shielding it from the street was cool and quiet, bordered by a magnificent rose garden of which Janet was especially fond. Noel had been living in France since 1920, when she and her husband, Frederic Timothy Murphy (1885-1924), moved there. Fred had been seriously wounded in the war and had hoped that his health could be restored by living in a part of the world that he already knew well and liked. However his health deteriorated rapidly, and he died in May 23, 1924. Noel was almost inconsolable and couldn’t bear the idea of losing him. She bought the house in the village of Orgeval, northeast of Paris and not far from where Fred was buried in Saint-Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery (78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France). After the outbreak of WWII Solano and Flanner returned to New York. A few years later Solano left Flanner after Flanner started an affair with Natalia Danesi Murray, an Italian-born radio broadcaster who later became vice president of Rizzoli publishers; meanwhile Solano fell in love with Elizabeth Jenks Clark. When Clark's parents' health began to fail in the early 1950s, Clark and Solano moved to the Jenks family's Mount Kemble property and lived there until 1958, when the two women moved to Orgeval, close to the home of Flanner’s lover, Noel. Solano died in 1975 and was buried in Orgeval. 

Timeline & Places:

• December 25, 1895: born.

• Orgeval, 78630 Orgeval, Francia

• 1982: died.

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Queer France: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Gwen Farrar (July 14, 1899 - December 25, 1944)

Gwen Farrar was one of the six daughters of George Farrar and his wife, Ella. Gwendoline Farrar qualified in violoncello playing, and was entitled to use the letters L.R.A.M. Indeed, she was billed as such when performing at two concerts at the Electric Theatre, Newport Pagnell, which included Gervase Elwes, a world renowned tenor. During the. closing stages of the war, with Miss Norah Blaney, a singer and pianist, Gwen performed at concerts and entertainments for the troops in France and Belgium, and the pair continued their partnership after the war, appearing at leading theatres all over the country, including London. In fact she soon became celebrated as a world class entertainer and a brilliant cellist, who delighted “in making weird noises with her voice much to the discomfort of her partner,” Norah. In 1926 they went to New York to perform, and having begun a short professional partnership with Billy Mayerl, a popular pianist, it was due to her organisation that in March 1928, on the evenings of Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th an excellent variety entertainment took place in the Electric Theatre, Newport Pagnell. Here she sang syncopated songs, imitated animals and poultry in the farmyard, and then played the cello. In fact despite her excellent musicianship her act always had a comical element, and for the theatrical effect she would sometimes go off the stage dragging her cello behind her, or slung over her shoulder! A few years after the war her mother, Lady Farrar, died at Chicheley Hall, from internal injuries sustained whilst moving furniture, in preparation for a children's party, and although some of Gwen's sisters would continue to live at the mansion, she, having been left a considerable financial sum by her father, divided her time between her XVII century country home in Northants, and 217 King's Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 5EH, which she maintained as a base for he musical career. Renowned as a popular entertainer, she died after a short illness on Christmas Day 1944.

Timeline & Places:

• July 14, 1899: born at Chicheley Hall, Chicheley Rd, Newport Pagnell MK16 9JJ, Regno Unito

• 1920s to 1944: lived at 217 King's Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 5EH, Regno Unito

• December 25, 1944: died.

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Frances Senska (March 9, 1914 - December 25, 2009)

Frances Maude Senska (March 9, 1914 – December 25, 2009) was an art professor and artist specializing in ceramics who taught at Montana State University – Bozeman from 1946 to 1973. She was known as the "grandmother of ceramics in Montana". During her career, she trained a number of now internationally known ceramic artists. She began teaching at Montana State University in Bozeman in 1946. The school's Department of Applied Art hired her to teach ceramics. But she did not, at that time, consider herself a ceramicist. "I started teaching ceramics with the merest little scrap of knowledge. I had had just two quarters of ceramics when I started teaching. I just learned it right along with the class," she later said. Senska decided to build a ceramics program from the ground up. Olga Ross Hannon, the department's head, gave her $300, and she and her first class of students took over a storeroom in the basement of Herrick Hall, purchased foot-driven potter's wheels, and built an electric kiln from scratch. Continuing to train in ceramics, Senska attended a workshop taught by noted French-American ceramic artist Marguerite Wildenhain at the Pond Farm artists' colony near Guerneville, California, in the summer of 1950.Senska later said that she learned her hand technique from Wildenhain. Her students included a number of influential ceramicists, including Rudy Autio and Peter Voulkos. While teaching at Montana State, Senska met fellow art professor Jessie Spaulding Wilber. The two women became lifelong friends and companions. Senska retired from teaching in 1973. Wilber died October 2, 1989. Senska died on Christmas Day 2009 at her home in Bozeman, Montana.

Timeline & Places:

• March 9, 1914: born.

• 1946 to 2009: lived at Sourdough Rd, Bozeman, MT 59715, Stati Uniti, sharing with Jessie Spaulding Wilber

• December 25, 2009: died.

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Elizabeth Jesser Reid (December 25, 1789 - April 1, 1866)

At the death of her husband, Elisabeth Jesser Sturch became independent and she started helping various philanthropic causes. Active in liberal Unitarian circles, Reid was an anti-slavery activist, attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. She met Lucretia Mott and the other American female delegates who had been denied the right to speak at the convention. and taking a close interest in the American Civil War. She was also in contact with leading figures in the revolutions in France and Germany in 1848, and the struggles for Italian independence. In 1849, Reid founded Bedford College at Bedford Square in the Bloomsbury area of London. The college was a women-only higher education institution which aimed to provide a liberal and non-sectarian education for female students – something no other institution in the United Kingdom offered at the time. Bedford College played a leading role in the advancement of women in higher education, and in public life in general. She also founded the Reid Trust, which continues to support women's education with small grants to this day. Bedford College became a college of the University of London in 1900, and merged with Royal Holloway College in 1985 to become Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. One of the halls of residence on the current campus is named "Reid Hall" in memory of the Bedford College founder.

Timeline & Places:

• December 25, 1789: born.

• 1849: founded Bedford College, London, 47 Bedford Square, Fitzrovia, London WC1B 3DR, Regno Unito

• 1849: founded Bedford College, 9 York St, Marylebone, London W1U, Regno Unito

• April 1, 1866: died.

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Vivian Forbes (August 8, 1891 – December 24, 1937)

Glyn Warren Philpot RA (5 October 1884 – 16 December 1937) was an English painter and sculptor, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon and Vladimir Rosing. Philpot was in a relationship with painter Vivian Forbes from 1923–1935. A loving cup held by Brighton Museum serves as a testament to their relationship. Philpot died from a stroke in December 1937; his funeral took place on 22 December 1937. Forbes committed suicide the following day.

Timeline & Places:

• August 8, 1891: born.

• 1923: lived at Lansdowne House, 80 Lansdowne Rd, London W11 2LS, Regno Unito, sharing with Glyn Philpot (October 5, 1884 – December 18, 1937)

• December 24, 1937: died.

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Eliza Cook (December 24, 1818 – September 23, 1889)

Eliza Cook, lesbian Victorian poet and one of the partners of American actress Charlotte Cushman, lived frequently at Ingress Abbey where she had a room and wrote much of her poetry. Eliza Cook was an English author and poet associated with the Chartist movement. She was a proponent of political freedom for women, and believed in the ideology of self-improvement through education, something she called "levelling up." This made her hugely popular with the working class public in both England and America. She was a close friend and lover of American actress Charlotte Cushman.

Timeline & Places:

• December 24, 1818: born.

• 1870s: lived at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe DA9 9GQ, Regno Unito

• September 23, 1889: died.

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Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Frances Crewe, Lady Crewe (November, 1748 – December 23, 1818)

Frances “Fanny” Crewe, Lady Crewe, was the daughter of Fulke Greville (and therefore direct descendent from Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke), envoy extraordinary to the elector of Bavaria, and his Irish wife, Frances Macartney. She was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time, and was a political hostess with a sharp wit. Fanny and Georgiana, Lady Spencer, knew each other since childhood, their mothers being best friends. It has been said their was a special friendship. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; June 7, 1757 – March 30, 1806) was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her niece was Lady Caroline Lamb. She was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1766, Frances married John Crewe, who became Lord Crewe. She was accustomed to entertain, at Crewe Hall, her husband's seat in Cheshire, and at her villa at Hampstead, some of the most distinguished of her contemporaries. Fox, who much admired her, Burke, Sheridan, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Canning were frequent visitors. She was also on friendly terms with Charles Burney and Sarah Burney and Hester Thrale. Sheridan dedicated the “School for Scandal” to her, and some lines addressed to her by Fox were printed at the Strawberry Hill Press in 1775. Three portraits by Reynolds have been engraved, in one of which she appears with her brother as Hebe and Cupid. She died on December 23, 1818 and is buried at St Bertoline's (Radway Green Road, Barthomley, Cheshire, CW2 5PE).

Timeline & Places:

• November, 1748: born.

• 1766 to 1811: lived at Crewe Hall, Weston Rd, Haslington, Crewe CW1 6UZ, Regno Unito

• December 23, 1818: died. Buried at St Bertoline Barthomley, Crewe CW2 5PF, Regno Unito

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Queer Places, Vol. 2.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Robert Allerton (March 20, 1873 – December 22, 1964)

Robert Allerton was heir to a Chicago banking and stockyard fortune created by his father, Samuel Allerton (1828–1914), one of the founders of Chicago's Union Stock Yards. Robert Allerton and his adopted son, John Gregg Allerton (1899–1986), transformed their country house, The Farms, into a central Illinois showplace estate, with activity climaxing in the 1920s and early 1930s. Allerton also pursued ties with the University of Illinois. In 1919 while Allerton lived at The Farms, he was asked by the University to serve on the Campus Plan Commission. This association continued until the completion of the 1923 Master Plan of the area south of the Auditorium. In 1926, Allerton established the Allerton Scholarships in American architecture. Annually, he invited graduating students in architecture and landscape architecture to The Farms.

Timeline & Places:

• March 20, 1873: brn at Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL, Stati Uniti

• 1897: built The Farms, Robert Allerton Park, 515 Old Timber Rd, Monticello, IL 61856, Stati Uniti

• 1938 to 1064: lived at Allerton Garden, 3530 Papalina Rd, Kalaheo, HI 96741, Stati Uniti, sharing with John Gregg Allerton

• December 22, 1964: died. Ashes scattered in Hawaii with those of John Gregg Allerton (1899 – May 1, 1986)

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Queer Places, Vol. 1.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Mary Josephine Bedford (1861 – December 22, 1955)

Lilian Violet Cooper was a medical practitioner in Queensland, Australia. She was the first female doctor registered in Queensland. During WWI Cooper volunteered with the Scottish Women's Hospital Service after was she was turned down by the Australian Army as female doctors were not wanted. She assisted people on the front line in France and Serbia and was in charge of the ambulance division, with all female drivers (including her close friend Mary Josephine Bedford). Operating in tents close to the front line, Cooper was later awarded the Order of St Sava from the Serbian King for her wartime efforts. Mary Josephine Bedford was a philanthropist in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, who was involved in family welfare and children's development through her involvement with the Playground Association and the Crèche and Kindergarten Association. She was awarded the Order of St Sava for her services as an ambulance driver in WWI. Mary Josephine Bedford was born in 1861 in England. In her student days, she shared accommodation with Lilian Cooper, who became her lifelong friend and companion. They immigrated to Brisbane together in 1891. It is reported on the blog-page Lesbians in 1900 Brisbane that, following the death of Dr Cooper, Josephine Bedford offered their Kangaroo Point home to the Anglican Church next door, St Mary's. Apparently the offer was refused. Bedford then offered the property to the Sisters of Charity, a Catholic order, who accepted the donation, which was to be used to care for the sick and dying. This property was the forerunner of the well-known Mount Olivet hospice, now St Vincent's. The blog Jottings postulates that the stained-glass windows that were donated to St Mary's Anglican by Bedford in memory of Cooper may contain homosexual symbolism. The final, moving piece to this story is the grave-site of the two women, who are buried together in Toowong Cemetery; on the top, Dr Cooper's headstone, and underneath it that of Josephine Bedford, with the inscriptions “Life-long friend of the above”.

Timeline & Places:

• 1861: born.

• 1880s: attended Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6BT, Regno Unito

• 1900s: lived at The Mansions, 70 George St, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia, sharing with Lilian Violet Cooper

• 1900s: lived at St Mary, 455 Main St, Kangaroo Point QLD 4169, Australia, sharing with Lilian Violet Cooper

• December 22, 1955: died. Buried at Toowong Cemetery, Frederick St & Mount Coot Tha Road, Toowong QLD 4066, Australia. Buried alongside: Lilian Violet Cooper (August 11, 1861 – August 18, 1947).

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Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Queer Places, Vol. 3.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988)

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist. He first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s where the hip hop, post-punk, and street art movements had coalesced. By the 1980s, he was exhibiting his neo-expressionist paintings in galleries and museums internationally. The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his art in 1992. Basquiat’s art focused on "suggestive dichotomies,” such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, and figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique. Basquiat used social commentary in his paintings as a "springboard to deeper truths about the individual,” as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism, while his poetics were acutely political and direct in their criticism of colonialism and support for class struggle. He died of a heroin overdose at his art studio at age 27.

Timeline & Places:

• December 22, 1960: born.

• 1976: attended Edward R. Murrow High School, 1600 Avenue L, Brooklyn, NY 11230, Stati Uniti

• 1976: attended City-As-School, 16 Clarkson St, New York, NY 10014, Stati Uniti

• 1980s: lived at 57 Great Jones St, New York, NY 10012, USA

• August 12, 1988: died. Buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, Stati Uniti

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Queer New York City: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Queer New York State: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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