The truth, however, can never be certain. Which sort of paints her as the alpha-lesbian of her time. No woman has excited passions among women more than I have”. “I have lived and slept in the same beds with English Countesses and Prussian farm women. “I have never loved but one person with with passion in my life, and that was her…”Īnd then there’s her own memoir, in which she wrote – Although her aunt married, she returned to Embley Park when Florence became an invalid later in life to nurse her, leaving her own husband and children behind.Įarlier in life, Florence also wrote of her cousin –
We all know that back then, it was common to marry a cousin and so I guess they looked at things a little differently. OK, so let’s ignore the obvious incest vibe, for arguments sake. And who can blame her? Plus, remember, you don’t have to have sex to be gay… but it probably helps.Īs the story goes, Florence was very close to her aunt, with Florence describing their relationship as “Like two lovers”. I am not suggesting that this woman engaged in lesbian activity (my favourite kind of activity)… only that there is evidence that, had she not committed herself to God, she may have preferred the company of women. Now, let me be very clear – Florence Nightingale was deeply religious and took a vow of celibacy which lasted her whole life. ‘And how’d you do it?’ and so she bought her pills to take abroad, talking as loud as a parrot.”Ĭlick on to learn about Ms Marilyn Monroeįlorence Nightingale grew up at Embley Park, a manor house in Romsey, Hampshire which was later converted in to a school. ‘But do you really like going to bed with women’ she said – taking her change. “I told Nessa the story of our passion in a chemists shop the other day. In a letter from Virginia to Vita (Current day celebrity couple name…Virgita?) she described coming out to her sister Nessa – But although they kept their tryst on a strictly “need to know” basis, history has proven the affair without doubt. Virginia’s publisher, Bloomsbury, held a strong opinion against lesbianism, and so their secrecy can be attributed to Virginia’s passion for her career and her writing. This remained secret, but not because they were ashamed. Vita and her husband were both bisexual, and had an open marriage, and once Virginia’s own husband gave his blessing to the affair, the two woman began a relationship. Now I realise you can prove pretty much anything with the internet nowadays, and also disprove it, but Virginia Woolf’s bisexuality is almost impossible to argue with. Virginia Woolf met fellow writer Vita Sackville-West in the early 1922, and the women began a romantic affair that lasted for a number of years.