Word: mannish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Saturday Life, Adam's Breed, The Well of Loneliness. The last, sympathetically telling the story of a girl born sexually inverted, created a stir because of its literary merits, a scandal because of its theme. The scandal was not lessened by the fact that Authoress Hall wears mannish shirts and ties, a monocle on a cord, is called "John" by her friends. Suppressed in England, the book was vindicated in the U. S. by a Victory Edition. Asked if its story was autobiographical, Authoress Hall told all the world...