Scholarly Article

In her article, Murdering the Lesbian: Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, Mary Titus argues that while Hellman may have anticipated her first play to expose the social injustices of society against homosexuals, she failed.  Rather, through the way lesbianism is presented, leading to one woman’s suicide, Hellman created a piece that once again confirmed “contemporary sexual ideology”.

Mary Titus', "Murdering the Lesbian: Lillian Hellman's 'The Children's Hour'"