Two 'Boston Marriages': Katharine Lee Bates & Katharine Coman and Amy Lowell & Ada Dwyer Russell

By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Katharine Lee Bates and Katharine Coman In 1882, those who strove to keep the thoughts of other people pure finally succeeded in having Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass banned in Boston. Not all Bostonians were pleased, including a woman in her early 20s, a recent graduate of Wellesley College. Still an […]