princesscochlea: gingey’s endless list of historical queer women (1/?) *hypatia of a
princesscochlea:gingey’s endless list of historical queer women (1/?)*hypatia of alexandria, mid 300s-415 CE: mathematician, neoplatonic philosopher, and astronomer.anne bonny, 1702-late 1700s CE: famed irish pirate, lover of jack “calico jack” rackham & mary read.dona ana lezama de urinza & dona eustaquia de sonza, mid 1600s CE: swashbuckling lady lovers and vigilantes in a terrifyingly dangerous bolivian silver town.hilda of whitby, 614-680 CE: christian saint and abbess known for spreading education and christianity in what would become britain as well as for her wisdom.sappho of lesbos, 630 BCE-c 570 BCE: the famous poet who would lend both her name and her home island to future generations of queer women.*hypatia of alexandria’s sexuality is not documented, but for years i’ve taken her quote, “i have little love for the carnal pleasures,” and imagined her to have been ace. -- source link
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