The Sapphic Apologist – Ep. 51

Radclyffe Hall is best remembered for The Well of Loneliness and the obscenity trials it spawned. This was in addition to supporting same-sex marriage despite hypocrisy. Yet, it could be argued that this all nearly didn’t come to pass until an older woman got a philandering heiress to quit hunting and put pen to paper.

Sources (Used/Consulted/Read Along the Way)

Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John by Sally Cline

The Trials of Radclyffe Hall by Diana Souhami

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