Willa Cather, Sarah Orne Jewett, and the Historiography of Lesbian Sexuality.

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909; Cather, Willa, 1873-1947; Gulls' Road, The (Short story); Faderman, Lillian, 1940-; Lesbians

An essay is presented that discusses the letter written by novelist Sarah Orne Jewett to author Willa Cather, in which she discussed Cather's story "The Gull's Road," published in the December 1908 issue of the periodical "McClure's." It informs that scholar Lillian Faderman cites this letter and friendship between Jewett and Cather as source of illumination in the history of lesbian sexuality between the 19th and the 20th centuries.