<p>In this episode of <em>Our Dyke Histories</em>, we continue to follow the astonishing life of Eve Adams into exile — the butch, Jewish, immigrant anarchist who opened <strong>Eve’s Hangout</strong>, a tea room in 1920s Greenwich Village that became one of the earliest <strong>proto–lesbian bars</strong> in the United States. Drawing on <strong>Jonathan Ned Katz’</strong>s groundbreaking research, <strong>Jack Jen Gieseking</strong>, Katz, and <strong>Julie Enszer</strong> trace Eve’s friendships with <strong>Anias Nin </strong>and<strong> Henry Miller</strong>; her bold self-published book <strong><em>Lesbian Love</em></strong> (about many of her exes, so delightfully gay); and the policewoman who entrapped her, triggering a sensational raid, trial, and her deportation.</p><p>We track Eve from New York to Chicago, LA, and back, and finally Paris, where she and her partner <strong>Hella Olstein</strong> evaded Nazis for years during <strong>World War II</strong> before being murdered at Auschwitz. And yet the episode insists: Eve was not just a victim. She was an agent, a flirt, a hunk, a radical democrat, a community-builder — someone who lived with astonishing boldness. Through <strong>speakeasies</strong>, <strong>slumming</strong> cultures, <strong>rent parties</strong>, <strong>tea rooms</strong>, and <strong>censorship</strong> battles, this episode unearths how Eve Adams helped shape queer public life long before lesbian bars existed — and why her story still electrifies us a century later.</p><p>**</p><p><strong><em>Join Our Community</em></strong></p><p>Want to be part of our community? We'd love to have you. 😏 Come comment, connect, and get your gayme on!</p><ul><li><strong>Newsletter</strong> to your inbox: Jack's <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://queergeographies.ghost.io/"><strong>Queer Geographies newsletter</strong></a> with detailed takes on each episode, &amp; more about lezbiqueertrans spaces across time</li><li><strong>Instagram</strong> for more dyke visuals and stories <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/ourdykehistories"><strong>@ourdykehistories</strong></a></li><li><strong>Read</strong> and follow our co-producer and collaborator, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/podcast"><strong><em>Sinister Wisdom</em></strong></a></li><li><strong>Email</strong> us questions and comments at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:[email protected]"><strong>[email protected]</strong></a></li></ul><p>**</p><p><strong><em>Credits</em></strong></p><p>Producer, Editor, Host, &amp; Creative Director: Jack Gieseking</p><p>Co-Producer: Julie Enszer &amp; Sinister Wisdom</p><p>Co-Producer &amp; Co-Editor: Cade Waldo</p><p>Assistant Editor: Mel Whitesell</p><p>Social Media: Audrey Wilkinson</p><p>Interns: Michaela Hayes and Sophie McClain</p><p>Consulting Producer: Rachel Fagen</p><p>Music: Our theme song: "Like Honey" by Kit Orion <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.kitorion.com/">https://www.kitorion.com/</a></p><p>CC-BY-NC-ND 2025. Write to us at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> for permission to use any of our content.</p><p></p>