Topsy-Turvydom

Doan, Laura

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“…Other lesbian historians have developed different methods to confront these issues with presentism. Bennett (; see ) uses the phrase “lesbian‐like” to describe the lives of those she views as lesbian prior to this sexual identity, whereas Lochrie () has used “heterosexual‐not.” In contrast, Doan (, ) clearly argued that because understandings of sexuality, gender, and thus inversions of both were not understood as they are today, such projections of the present onto the past cannot, and should not, be done . In conducting queer histories, there is the continual problem of “projecting” identities onto people of the past who would not have conceptualized their lives in such a way.…”

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“…Using the example of women dressing in a more masculine manner in the post‐War years, Doan () argues that masculine dress was not at the time indicative of lesbian identity/behavior, such dress was viewed as a reaction to the War, not as a sign of sexual deviance. In contrast, a number of lesbian historians have identified such “cross‐dressing” as distinctly queer.…”

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“…Also see footnote13 and McCully (1981).16 Mead herself is also known for her relationship with other women, most notably Ruth Benedict(Banner, 2010), and for her anthropological work on understandings of sex and gender in Coming of Age inSamoa (1928).17 The Burden Neurological Institute was the first in Britain to do such surgeries. SeeCasey (2015) for a review of the controversy of psychosurgery in the 1970s.18 The biography of Charlotte Wolff is especially comparable to Ann Kaldegg and Effie Hutton and such explorations can go some way to begin to delve into queer networks in Britain (seeBrenna, 2011).19 Using the example of women dressing in a more masculine manner in the post-War years,Doan (2006) argues that masculine dress was not at the time indicative of lesbian identity/behavior, such dress was viewed as a reaction to the War, not as a sign of sexual deviance. In contrast, a number of lesbian historians have identified such "cross-dressing" as distinctly queer.…”

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Queer signs: The women of the British projective test movement

Hubbard

2017

J History Behavioral Science

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As queer history is often hidden, historians must look for "signs" that hint at queer lives and experiences. When psychologists use projective tests, the search for queer signs has historically been more literal, and this was especially true in the homophobic practices of Psychology in the mid-twentieth century. In this paper, I respond to Elizabeth Scarborough's call for more analytic history about the lesser known women in Psychology's history. By focusing on British projective research conducted by lesbian psychologist June Hopkins, I shift perspective and consider, not those who were tested (which has been historically more common), but those who did the testing, and position them as potential queer subjects. After briefly outlining why the projective test movement is ripe for such analysis and the kinds of queer signs that were identified using the Rorschach ink blot test in the mid-twentieth century, I then present June Hopkins' (1969, 1970) research on the "lesbian personality." This work forms a framework upon which I then consider the lives of Margaret Lowenfeld, Ann Kaldegg, and Effie Lillian Hutton, all of whom were involved in the British projective test movement a generation prior to Hopkins. By adopting Hopkins' research to frame their lives, I present the possibility of this ambiguous history being distinctly queer.

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Queer signs: The women of the British projective test movement

Hubbard

2017

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“…Indeed, the 'wrong' response could create a 'topsy-turvy' situation, where men's and women's roles could be reversed if they were seen to express the affective reaction identified with the other. 13 The guardians' outspoken indignance, inappropriate use of humour and outright anger towards Morris and Marsh displayed a lack of control over their emotions irreconcilable with their class, masculinity and political standing in this period, and indeed, more commonly associated with criminal behaviours. 14 As Julie-Marie Strange notes, even working-class men understood that their affective relationships and displays were intimately entwined with masculine forms of citizenship and labour in Victorian Britain.…”

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Sexual Harassment, Victimhood and Affective Self‐Fashioning in Victorian England: The Bolton Workhouse Scandal, 1889–1890

Moss¹

2020

Gender & History

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Addressing an extraordinary meeting of Bolton's Board of Guardians on 17 February 1890, Mayor of Bolton John Barrett, JP, declared that he and his fellow board members were victims of a 'foul, wicked and dastardly conspiracy'. 1 On 6 November 1889, Nurse Rose Morris, employed at Bolton's Fishpool Workhouse, had passed letters to her colleague, Dr John Marsh, alleging that 'immoral relations' had occurred between herself and certain members of the board-including the mayor. 2 Suspending Morris from her post, the Local Government Board launched an inquiry to investigate the claims, which, if false, amounted to a criminal libel that could carry a lengthy prison sentence. 3 Disastrously, however, the inquiry's commencement was interrupted by unexpected news: Nurse Morris died on 28 November 1889. The post-mortem revealed that a heart attack following her suspension had aggravated her already weak health. Worse, it stated she was pregnant, a revelation that drastically affected public opinion of the case, although the claim was subsequently retracted. 4 In an act widely regarded as confirming their guilt, the guardians took possession of the incriminating letters, promptly burning them. 5 Popularly christened 'The Bolton Workhouse Scandal', these events consumed the columns of local, regional and national newspapers until the inquiry concluded by exonerating the guardians on 12 February 1890. Yet, the inquiry's reprieve could not restore public confidence in the guardians, whose members struggled to gain re-election subsequently. 6 Scandal played a vital role in Victorian Britain, providing a focal point for the articulation of broader cultural concerns about sexuality, gender relations, the moral integrity of elites and abuses present in institutions such as the workhouse. 7 Although scandals tarnished the reputations and ruined the prospects of men involved (MP Charles Dilke's political career never recovered after he was accused of adultery in the Crawford divorce of 1886), women tainted by it suffered more profound forms of social ostracism. 8 Historians of sexual harassment and rape have noted that since the eighteenth century, female complainants such as Morris fell into a social and legal paradox, whereby the very act of asserting that they had been abused signalled their

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“All the loving words I never dared to speak”

Honey¹

2015

A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance

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Topsy-Turvydom

Cited by 17 publications

References 15 publications

Queer signs: The women of the British projective test movement

Queer signs: The women of the British projective test movement

Sexual Harassment, Victimhood and Affective Self‐Fashioning in Victorian England: The Bolton Workhouse Scandal, 1889–1890

“All the loving words I never dared to speak”

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