Elsa Gidlow
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).Holt, Patricia (22 June 1986). "Search for the Independent Mind". ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 1. Completed just before her death, her autobiography, ''Elsa, I Come with My Songs'' (1986), recounts her life story. It is the first complete-life, lesbian autobiography published where the author "outs" herself and does not employ a pseudonym. Early life Elsa Gidlow was born Elsie Alice Gidlow on 29 December 1898, at 9 Wells Terrace, Great Thornton Street, Hull, Yorkshire ...
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