tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post2121595409328252168..comments2024-01-15T20:15:13.053-08:00Comments on Saberpoint: Rare Photo of Katharine Coman, Colleague of Katharine Lee BatesStogiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852841950131130696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-91241252147738709252012-09-06T09:39:02.153-07:002012-09-06T09:39:02.153-07:00thank you for making this information readily avai...thank you for making this information readily available on the internet<br />you may not care wether the Katherine's were lesbian but i believe there may exist some lesbians who care<br />Katherine Coman and Katherine Bates are American heroines and if they were also lesbians in a committed relationship perhaps this is an important an aspect of their lives and of their lives together as any other accomplishments they left behind.<br />Perhaps celebrating their relationship is also as important as documenting their lives.<br />Had they had the right to marry, and the social acceptance to do so, given the involved state of religiousity during the mid-1800's to early 1900's, their marriage would have been included in their biographies individually. As it is today, perhaps the exists that their's was a de facto marriage in that they are often listed together in the biographies of the other.Myra Johnsonhttp://www.facebook.com/myra.johnson.796noreply@blogger.com