The 91-year-old lesbian, who is working on a book about her life, had this to say about being gay in the 1940s and ’50s (and way before that): “Everybody says what a terrible life it was, but I quite enjoyed myself. I didn’t find it terrible. I was very proud.” And she was wearing pants in public when it was still considered daring for a woman to do so, which just adds to her greatness.