Mary Casal, pseudonym: 1864 - Unknown

Darling, Sherry A. "A Critical Introduction to The Stone Wall." Tufts University, 2002. Darling is identified as teaching at Tufts University, Dept. of Drama.

Authorized facsimile, made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation published by UMI. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Tufts University, 2003. Author's abstract: "In this critical introduction to The stone wall: an autobiography, I provide additional documentation about Ruth Fuller Field [whose pen name was "Mary Casal"] and her extraordinary life, and place her narrative within the larger context of the writing and publishing on same-sex desire that took place at the turn of the century. The revelation of these findings increases our understanding not only of this particular woman and her life narrative, but also that of lesbian relationships between the 1860s and the 1930s and the construction of identify as a performative process." Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-134). Newberry Library copy lacks t.p. Finding and telling -- Play [a]part: individual transgressive acts -- From solo to scene partner -- The ensemble as transgressive community -- The writer and the critic: lesbian and gay autobiography as a genre -- Epilogue -- Appendix: "Ruth Fuller Field--Knitting poem." Xerographic copy.

Dissertation abstracts international: The humanities and social ... University Microfilms, University Microfilms International - 2003 - Snippet view. Drawing from the few concrete details Mary Casal offers in her autobiography, 1 discovered that the author's true identity is Ruth Fuller Field, a native of Deerfield, Massachusetts. I also uncovered the identities and confirmed events . . . .

Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the times when the people by whom it ... page 171, lists birthdate of Ruth W. Fuller as June 17, 1864. "Casal" gives her birth year as 1864. Sheldon says she married Frank A. Field of "Mont." on February 12, 1887.