Anita Cornwell
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Anita Cornwell (born September 23, 1923)[1] is an American author.In 1983 she wrote the first collection of essays by an African American lesbian, Black Lesbian in White America.[2]
[edit] Biography
Born in Greenwood, South Carolina, Cornwell moved to Pennsylvania at age sixteen, living first in Yeadon with her aunt, then in Philadelphia with her mother,[1] who moved north when Anita was eighteen. She attended Temple University, graduating in 1948.[1][3] She worked as a journalist for local newspapers and a clerical worker for government agencies.[1]
Cornwell has had work published in Feminist Review, Labrynth, National Leader, Los Angeles Free Press and The Negro Digest, were among the first to identify the author as a black lesbian.
[edit] Bibliography
- Black Lesbian in White America (Naiad Press, 1983)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Zimmerman, Bonnie (2000). Lesbian Histories and Cultures: an Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 203. ISBN 0815319207. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0EUoCrFolGcC&pg=PA203.
- ^ Nickels, Thom (2002). Gay and lesbian Philadelphia. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 74. ISBN 0738510009. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TapnuOUmXo8C&pg=PA74.
- ^ "Anita R. Cornwell", The Negro Digest: 22, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JDoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22, retrieved January 28, 2010
