tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post6464431096351855742..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: Adah Isaacs Menken - A Victorian Lady GagaJot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-80328064493592259732014-06-26T04:05:45.302-07:002014-06-26T04:05:45.302-07:00"when her name crops up at all it is usually ..."when her name crops up at all it is usually in association with Algernon Swinburne, with whom she reportedly had an affair."<br /><br />I think Adah is significant because she<b> failed </b> to have an affair with Swinburne, for all her efforts, actually.<br />Creole does not necessarily mean she had black ancestors: it means her ancestors were settled in Louisiana before it became part of the U.S.A. Creole originally meant born in the colonies rather than France and had no racial connotations.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com