{"id":170,"date":"2021-05-06T09:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/angela-calomiris\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T20:48:01","slug":"greenwich-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/angela-calomiris\/2021\/05\/06\/greenwich-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwich Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After high school, Calomiris went on to study for two years at Brooklyn College and Hunter College. Between 1938 and 1939, Calomiris was a photography teacher at a YWHA camp.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-170-1' id='fnref-170-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(170)'>1<\/a><\/sup> In 1940, She passed a civil service examination for Recreational Director, overseeing playgrounds and settlement houses. <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-170-2' id='fnref-170-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(170)'>2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">9 Jane Street<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-246 .fg-image { width: 275px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-246 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-none fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-246\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1940s.nyc\/map\/photo\/nynyma_rec0040_1_00616_0031a#17.5\/40.738253\/-74.002708\" target=\"_self\" data-caption-title=\"9 Jane Street on 1940sNYC\" data-attachment-id=\"223\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"9 Jane Street on 1940sNYC\" width=\"275\" height=\"350\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/angela-calomiris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/666\/cache\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-11-at-9_24_00-PM\/2886477024.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22275%22%20height%3D%22350%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20275%20350%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">9 Jane Street on 1940sNYC<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streeteasy.com\/building\/9-jane-street-new_york\" data-caption-title=\"9 Jane Street on StreetEasy\" data-attachment-id=\"179\" data-type=\"iframe\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"9 Jane Street on StreetEasy\" width=\"275\" height=\"350\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/angela-calomiris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/666\/cache\/2021\/05\/94657649\/275795456.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22275%22%20height%3D%22350%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20275%20350%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">9 Jane Street on StreetEasy<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>9 Jane Street in the 1940s and today<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since her adolescence, Calomiris desperately wanted to get a place of her own.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-170-3' id='fnref-170-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(170)'>3<\/a><\/sup> Her job as Recreational Director provided her with the income to move to an apartment at 9 Jane Street in Greenwich Village with a roommate she calls &#8220;Betty&#8221; in <em>Red Masquerade\u2014<\/em> a pseudonym for Gladys Cosner.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-170-4' id='fnref-170-4' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(170)'>4<\/a><\/sup> In her autobiography, Calomiris explains, \u201cI naturally drifted into Greenwich Village. I enjoyed living in an art center, and I met a great many friendly people with whom I found a lot in common.&#8221;<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-170-5' id='fnref-170-5' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(170)'>5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Greenwich Village was a hotspot for artists and creative thinkers. See the 1943 New York City Market Analysis, originally published by the <em>New York Times<\/em>, the <em>News Syndicate Co.<\/em>, the <em>Daily Mirror<\/em>, and <em>Hearst Consolidated Publications<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-7\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"7\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"9 Jane Street\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-170'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-170-1'> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angela Calomiris Resume, Angela Calomiris Special Collection, Lesbian Herstory\u00a0 Archives, Brooklyn, NY.<\/span> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-170-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-170-2'> Angela Calomiris Resume, Angela Calomiris Special Collection, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Brooklyn, NY. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-170-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-170-3'> O<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n page 24 of <em>Red Masquerade,<\/em> Calomiris explains: \u201cI also wanted desperately to have a place of my own. Privacy has always been and is now very important to me. I was tired of living in other people\u2019s homes and in the regimented atmosphere of even the best run summer camps. The best plan, all considered, was to get a job that would allow me to go to college at night.\u201d<\/span> <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-170-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-170-4'> Calomiris, <em>Red Masquerade<\/em>, 27; and 1940 Census, New York, New York, Roll: m-t0627-02627; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 31-129. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-170-4'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-170-5'> Calomiris. Red Masquerade, 26. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-170-5'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After high school, Calomiris went on to study for two years at Brooklyn College and Hunter College. 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