THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Anita Cornwell
September 23, 1923 – May 27, 2023
“Black women have always been feminists…the women’s movement was the only movement that I saw that might include me.”
The first Black woman writer to publicly identify as a lesbian in print. Prolific writer of essays, poetry and fiction. Published her groundbreaking essay collection, Black Lesbian in White America, in 1983.
Photo by Tee A. Corinne
More About Anita:
- Obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Anita Cornwell Memorial, hosted by Sinister Wisdom September 25, 2023
- Saying Goodbye to a Friend–Anita Cornwell, by Janet Mason, October 7, 2023
- Anita Cornwell Interviewed by Marc Stein, October 6, 1993
- The Wilcox Archives, documenting LGBT history generally, with special focus on the LGBT history of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
- Open Letter to a Black Sister: Women’s Liberation is Our Thing Too!, by Anita Cornwell, p. 33 of The Ladder, 1971
- Wikipedia
