Description: "Explore Gilded Age New York through the lens of Alice Austen, who captured the social rituals of New York's leisured class and the bustling streets of the modern city. Celebrated as a queer artist, she was this and much more."--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Bonnie Yochelson is a former Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York and an established historian of New York City's photographic history. Her notable works include Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half, Alfred Stieglitz New York, and Berenice Abbott: Changing New York.
Review Quotes: Bonnie Yochelson traces the extraordinary story of how a 19th-century upper-class social butterfly became a pioneering woman photographer who lived most of her life in a loving lesbian partnership. Alice Austen, with all her complexities and remarkable talent, comes alive in these engaging pages. Too Good to Get Married is a wonderful read.---Lillian Faderman, author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America