 | Scotch Verdict: The Real-Life Story That Inspired @quot;The Children''s Hour@quot; Subjects: Woods Marianne -- Trials litigation etc.; Pirie Jane -- Trials litigation etc.; Cumming Gordon Helen Lady d. 1830 -- Trials litigation etc.; Trials (Libel) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh; Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- History; Award-winning author Lillian Faderman recreates the events surrounding this notorious case, which became the basis for Lillian Hellman's famous play, The Children's Hour. Lillian Faderman is professor emerita of English at California State University, Fresno. Her award-winning titles are Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America ; Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present ; Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir ; To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America--A History ; and Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians . |
