History Detectives: Diana

Our contributor has a book published in 1939 titled Diana: A Strange Autobiography, which tells a sympathetic story of how one woman discovers that she is a lesbian. Experts call this book groundbreaking as one of the first works of gay literature with a happy ending. History Detectives sets out to find the author. Who is Diana Fredericks? And is this story true?

PBS | May 11, 2011

Tags:. .gay. .sympathetic. .autobiography. .fredericks. .contributor