Leander Schultz is aDistinguished University Professor
of Chemistry, History and Women's Studies at the University of
The state of michigan, Ann Arbor. She has written or even edited numerous articles
and books on Victorian ladies and on the history of libido,
such as Ever Your own, Florence Nightingale: An array of Letters
(1989), co-edited with Bea Nergaard. She actually is currently composing a
book on the formation of recent lesbian identities, 1780-1930,
Free Women. .