Talk:Elsa Gidlow

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Source request[edit]

Hello? Anybody else read this article? I just added a line that could easily be "original work" as I made a statement about her autobiography writing history that was rarely recorded. I know this to be true as I once did a survey of lesbian writings of the early part of the century in the U.S., but my work isn't published. Anybody know a source that acknowledges the remarkable contribution of this woman?--Ftord1960 (talk) 02:21, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You've made 20 edits, so I would have to go through all of them to uncover what you are referring to here. However, if I had to guess, you are talking about the line "Her autobiography, Elsa, I Come With My Songs: The Autobiography of Elsa Gidlow gives a personal and detailed account of her life seeking, finding and creating a life with other lesbians at a time when little was recorded on the topic." Yes, I do believe there are sources for that statement. I will look asap. Viriditas (talk) 10:13, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Issues and errata[edit]

List is current as of the date of this timestamp. Viriditas (talk) 10:01, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Date (and caption) of File:Elsa Gidlow 1974 by Lynda Koolish.jpg is unclear. One source maintains that it is 1974 while another 1976. Name of event (Country Women) is also ambiguous. Does this refer to the name of a magazine or an actual festival event?
Sources are not entirely clear nor accurate as to why she was brought before HUAC, but some claim it was because she was gay and involved in an interracial relationship with another woman (Isabel Grenfell Quallo). While it might be possible to mention both views (political and racial) there does appear to be documented evidence relating to her work as a political activist in Fairfax, and as far as I can tell, little supporting the sexual and racial angle. Of course, I could be completely wrong, but I'm only going on what I've found so far.
- Strike that, I found the sexuality and racism source. It comes from her own autobiography, and is cited by Patricia Holt in the San Francisco Chronicle. I will add it asap. Mark that resolved. Viriditas (talk) 12:03, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I cut the part of the intro paragraph indicating that Gidlow's book Elsa, I Come With My Songs (1986) was the first published lesbian autobiography. The claim is incorrect. Among other earlier examples are Mary Casal (pseudonym of Ruth Fuller Field), The Stone Wall (Chicago: Eyncourt Press, 1930).

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First names[edit]

Some sources give her first name as 'Elfie'; this appears to be a misreading of a 'long s' on the birth certificate. Her name is given as 'Elsie' in the 1901 Census (at 183 Clumber Street, Hull, with her parents), in the 1905 ship's passenger list when emigrating to Canada (on the SS Ottawa, from Liverpool, with her mother and brother), and on her early published poems in Les Mouches Fantastiques. She seems to have been named after her German grandmother, Elisabeth Christiana, and her mother Alice. Silverwhistle (talk) 20:17, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Un-American Activities Committee testimony[edit]

I would like to upload this to wikisource and link to it here. I've looked for it before but couldn't find anything. Any help would be great. Viriditas (talk) 08:54, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]