Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town Paperback – December 3, 2014
by Esther Newton
Queer Places:
29 Sutton Place South, New York, New York, New
York
Grace Allen Bangs Bernheim (August 8, 1893 - April, 1974) was a former newspaper reporter from a prominent San Francisco family. The life of this person has been researched by Esther Newton for her essay: "Cherry Grove, Fire Island", published by Duke University Press.
Her second marriage in 1939 was to Leonard Bernheim, a wealthy Jew in the garment trade, but she also ha a woman lover, Polly Dick. The Bernheims built a bay-front house, Keylana Farm, for which Polly created a beautiful garden.
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