A tragic ending for the founder of America’s earliest lesbian bar.

September 4, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES & HISTORY, HISTORY Comments Off on A tragic ending for the founder of America’s earliest lesbian bar.
An illustration of Eve, on the right. (Image: SARAH LEE GRILLO)

IT TOOK OFFICER MARGARET LEONARD three tries to get her hands on Eve Adams’ book of lesbian short stories. We don’t know what, exactly, the New York Police Department officer experienced when she first slunk undercover into Eve Adams’ Tearoom at 129 MacDougal Street…