Related Websites

www.glbtq.com. Sponsored by Out Magazine. Created 09/12/02. Gives a brief overview
the life of Charlotte Cushman as both actress and activist.

www.iglr.com Sponsored by University of Southern California. Created 2001. Offers
a review of When Romeo was a woman, by Lisa Merrill.

www.giga-usa.com Sponsored by Amazon Books. Revised 8/1/03. Offers quotes from
a number of public figures.

www.oldpoetry.com Authored by Sidney Lanier. Revised 10/20/02. Old world poetry from
around the world.

www.rootsweb.com Sponsored by MSN. Revised 6/26/03. Information and photos of
Charlotte Cushman.

Print Resources

Leach, Joseph. 1970. Bright Particular Star: The Life & Times of Charlotte Cushman.
New Haven: Yale Press.

Merrill, Lisa. 1999. When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her circle of female spectators. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Mullinix, Elizabeth Reitz. 1996. “Acting Between the Spheres: Charlotte Cushman as Androgyne.” Theatre Survey 37: 22-65. This article looks at Ms. Cushman’s ability to play both male and female roles; specifically her turn as Romeo.

Stebbins, Emma. 1972. Charlotte Cushman: Her Letters and Memoirs of Her Life. 1879. Rpt. New York: Benjamin Blom.