Lesbian, feminist, writer, activist, artisan, and jeweler Kady (Kay) Van Deurs, “Axe Maker to the Qu
Lesbian, feminist, writer, activist, artisan, and jeweler Kady (Kay) Van Deurs, “Axe Maker to the Queen” (1927-2003).“Always and everywhere the double axe is a Goddess symbol. She has many names in many places. She is called The Queen of Heaven. So I call myself axe maker to The Queen … There was a time — a period of about 40,000 years — when almost everyone almost everywhere believed in The Goddess. Things must have been better for women then.” — Kady, in an ad for her jewelry (1979).Top: “Drawing of Kady Wearing Axes Made by Many Women,” by Paula Gottlieb (1981).Photos: (1) At the Women’s Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice (Lynn Marie, 1983; Peace Encampment Herstory Project (2) At the Seneca Army Depot (Barbara Adams, 1983 (3) At the “Hold Hands” demonstration on the George Washington Bridge (Diana Davies, 1973; NYPL (4) At a gay pride crafts fair (Diana Davies, 1971; NYPL).Bottom: Patterns for silver earrings, by Kady Van Deurs (Panhandling Papers, 1989).(Kady was the author of The Notebooks That Emma Gave Me: The Autobiography of a Lesbian (1978) and Panhandling Papers (1989), a collection of excerpts, essays, letters, and drawings. She, along with her partner Pagan, was featured in and on the cover of JEB’s Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians.) -- source link
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