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. Streitmatter interview with Clayton.

Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle, 1865; courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Martha Carey Thomas and Mamie Gwinn, 1879; courtesy of Bryn Mawr College Archives.

Edward Perry Warren and John Marshall, 1895; photo by Edward Reeves, courtesy of Edward Reeves Photographer, printed with permission.

Mary Rozet Smith and Jane Addams, 1896; courtesy of the Jane Addams Collection, Swarthmore College Peace Collection.

Bessie Marbury and Elsie de Wolfe, from
My Crystal Ball
, 1923.

J. C. Leyendecker, 1920; Leyendecker illustration of Charles Beach, 1922; both courtesy of the National Museum of American Illustration.

Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, 1934; courtesy of Photofest.

Janet Flanner, 1921; Solita Solano, c. 1920; both courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Greta Garbo, 1930s; courtesy of Photofest. Mercedes de Acosta, 1920s; courtesy of Rosenbach Museum and Library.

Aaron Copland, c. 1925; courtesy of Photofest. Victor Kraft, 1935; courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Frank Merlo and Tennessee Williams; photo, Richard Leavitt Collection of Tennessee Williams, MS.2065, University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections; courtesy of Richard E. Leavitt Estate.

James Baldwin and Lucien Happersberger, 1953; courtesy of David Leeming.

Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, 1955; photo by Rachel Rosenthal, courtesy of Rachel Rosenthal Company.

Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, 1984; courtesy of Photofest.

Frances Clayton and Audre Lorde, 1979; courtesy of Blanche W. Cook.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Streitmatter, Rodger.

Outlaw marriages : the hidden histories of fifteen extraordinary same-sex couples / by Rodger Streitmatter.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8070-0334-3 (alk. paper)

E-ISBN 978-0-8070-0335-0

1. Same-sex marriage—United States. I. Title.

HQ1034.U5S77 2012

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