19th-century author Augusta Drane was an intellectual ‘warrior nun’. Was she queer?
- Written by Duc Dau, Honorary Research fellow, The University of Western Australia
Wikimedia CommonsAugusta Theodosia Drane, a 19th-century English religious leader, published works including poetry, histories, essays and biographies. Impressively, Drane wrote her two-volume life of St Catherine of Siena in a matter of six weeks. The book was the most complete life of the saint in any language and was translated into German and...





