The lost World War II letters of Edythe Eyde, who started America's first lesbian publication

The letters of American editor, author, singer, guitarist and songwriter Edythe Eyde (1921-2015), better known by her pen name Lisa Ben, are part of The Washington Post?s "Letters from War" project. Edythe described among other things her encounter with a wounded veteran when she was a secretary at a war dog training center in California in 1944, one of the many times she wrote to her cousins as World War II raged overseas. Edythe created the first known lesbian publication in the world, Vice Versa and has been recognized as a pioneer in the LGBT movement.