The Story of Miss C.'s Seduction of Young Women. A Methodological Quest into Female Same‐Sex Relations at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.
This article explores a series of newspaper articles from 1908, describing Miss C. – a Copenhagen woman who, apparently, hosted carnal orgies in which she 'converted' young women into sapphism. While most historical sources only hint at female same‐sex relationships or describe women's romantic (pla...
| Publicado en: | Gender & History Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 267 - 282 |
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Mar2025
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