Oct 23, 2022
women in history | the sewing circles
the sewing circle was a private group of gay and bisexual women and men in hollywood. the group existed during the so-called “golden age of hollywood ” in the 1920s to 1950s. the circle included film idols such as greta garbo, marlene eietrich, joan crawford, and barbara stanwyck, as well as the poet and screenwriter mercedes de acosta. the circle kept its existence a secret, as the hollywood code of conduct as it did not allow homosexuality to appear in the cinema at the time, nor did it allow people whose homosexuality was publicly known to work in the industry. especially in the case of the big stars, this was prohibited with the corresponding contractual clauses.
