Anita Cornwell

Anita Cornwell (born September 23, 1923)[1] is an American lesbian feminist author. In 1983 she wrote the first collection of essays by an African-American lesbian, Black Lesbian in White America.[2]

Anita Cornwell
Born (1923-09-23) September 23, 1923

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 Cornwell was eighteen. Cornwell has one sibling, an older brother.[3] She graduated from Temple University with a B.S. in journalism and the social sciences in 1948.[1][4] She worked as a journalist for local newspapers and a clerical worker for government agencies.[1]

Cornwell has had work published in Feminist Review, Labyrinth, National Leader, Los Angeles Free Press and The Negro Digest, were among the first to identify the author as a black lesbian.

Her 1983 book Black Lesbian in White America is widely noted as the first collection of essays by a black lesbian.

Cornwell was honored by the Annual Lambda Literary Festival which was held in Philadelphia in 2000.[2]


Black Lesbians in America

Cornwell published her book October 1st,1983. The book includes Cornwell's essays and an interview with activist, Audre Lorde.

Bibliography
  • Black Lesbian in White America (essays, Naiad Press, 1983)
  • The Girls of Summer (young-adult novel, 1989)

References[3]
  1. Angela Bowen (2000). Bonnie Zimmerman (ed.). Lesbian Histories and Cultures: an Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 203–204. ISBN 0-8153-1920-7.
  2. Nickels, Thom (2002). Gay and lesbian Philadelphia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 0-7385-1000-9.
  3. "Anita Cornwell, October 6, 1993 · Philadelphia LGBT History Project · OutHistory.org: It's About Time". outhistory.org. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  4. "Anita R. Cornwell", The Negro Digest, p. 22, retrieved January 28, 2010
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