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Ethel Mannin

AKA Ethel Edith Mannin

Born: 6-Oct-1900
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1984
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Confessions

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[1] Presumed lesbian, active in lesbian literary circles. See Gabriele Griffin, Who's Who in Lesbian & Gay Writing (2002). It is very clear however, that she engaged in multiple physical relationships with men.

Father: Robert Mannin
Mother: Ethel Gray
Husband: Alexander Porteous (m. 1919, div. 1938, one daughter)
Daughter: Jean
Boyfriend:
William Butler Yeats (dated 1934-35)
Husband: Reginald Reynolds (peace activist, m. 1938)

    Irish Ancestry






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