Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Edward Carpenter
Born: August 29, 1844
Died: June 28, 1929 (aged 84)
Bio: Edward Carpenter was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early LGBT activist.
Known for:
- The intermediate sex (1908)
- Towards democracy (1883)
- My days and dreams (1916)
- From Adam's Peak to Elephanta (1892)
- Love's coming-of-age (1896)