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African Americans
Born in Springfield, IL, Ellis grew up to host popular house parties for African American lesbians and gay men in Detroit during the 1940s and 1950s,…
Books
Sarah Emma Edmonds served as a male nurse in Company F of the Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Her memoir became a best…
Military
Born in Nova Scotia, Edmonds began posing as Frank Thompson at age 15. She moved to Flint where she became a Bible salesman and was considered "quite…