Bessie smith full biography of kirstie

  • Born in Tennessee in Bessie was a street singer before she made it big at a time of racial violence and segregation.
  • Bessie Smith was born on 15th April , in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • A Short History of Queer Women sets the record straight on women who have loved other women through the ages.

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    A Short History of Queer Women

    Female same-sex desire has been written out of history since, well, forever.

    Not anymore! From the first women's football team in Britain to pirates and lesbian Avengers, via countless love letters and literary salons, A Short History of Queer Women sets the record straight on women who have loved other women through the ages. Examining social constructs of gender and sexuality and navigating queer history's many Annes, Anns and Barbaras (seriously, there seem to be a finite number of lesbian names), Kirsty Loehr exposes centuries of outrageous straightwashing.

    Dispensing with the patriarchal nonsense, Loehr puts queer women such as Charlotte Brontë, Anne Frank and Bessie Smith back in the narrative and uncovers a rich and poignant history.

    Who says lesbians can't be funny?


    Author: Kristy Loehr
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    Format: Hardcover

    Dimensions: 20cm x 15cm x 1 cm

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    Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith

    Scotland’s former National Poet Jackie Kay celebrates the tempestuous life of the great blues singer, Bessie Smith. Born in Tennessee in Bessie was a street singer before she made it big at a time of racial violence and segregation. Jackie Kay remembers growing up as a ung black girl in Glasgow and she tells Kirsty Wark how she idolised this iconic singer.

    In Time’s Witness the historian Rosemary Hill explores the historical shift in focus from the grand sweeping narratives of kings and statesmen to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people. She argues that the vända of the 19th century and the age of the Romantics ushered in a more vibrant and serious debate about the importance of oral history, clothes, music, food and art.

    The artist Michael Armitage is exhibiting his latest work at the Royal Academy in London until September. Born in Kenya in but based between Nairobi and London, Armitage is influenced by contemporary East African art and pol

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    Bessie Smith Trueland ( - )

    Bessie SmithTrueland

    Born in Scotland
    Ancestors

    Daughter of William McCormack Trueland and Isabella Kirstie Grimshaw

    Sister of Mary Ann Grimshaw, Christina Trueland, Eliza Jane Trueland, Philip Grimshaw Trueland, Mary Trueland, Rose Ann McCormack Trueland, Isabella Grimshaw Trueland, David Barclay Trueland, Beatrice Harley Trueland, Elizabeth Ann Trueland and William Trueland

    Wife of Robert Ross — married [location unknown]

    [children unknown]

    Died at about age 66in PERTH Perthshire Scotland

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    Biography

    This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

    Name

    Name: Bessie Smith /Trueland/[1]

    Birth

    Birth:
    Date: 9 Oct
    Place: Scotland[2]

    Residence

    Residence:
    Date:
    Place: Dundee, Angus, Scotland[3]

    Sources

    • WikiTree profile Trueland created through the import of Morrison famil
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