Coincidentally, I can identify the person in first icon. She's an actress from the early 20th century named Maude Adams. I know her because she happened to donate some property to the congregation of Catholic sisters for whom I work.
Her Wikipedia entry does mention some speculation that she was a lesbian. All I can tell you on that front is that she is buried on the sisters' property next to her long-time personal secretary, Louise Boynton.
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Date: 2018-01-12 04:50 pm (UTC)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Adams
Her Wikipedia entry does mention some speculation that she was a lesbian. All I can tell you on that front is that she is buried on the sisters' property next to her long-time personal secretary, Louise Boynton.
Here's a link to a colorized version of the photo in your icon. The uniform is a costume from a play where she starred as Napoleon's younger brother: https://klimbim2014.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/maude-adams-in-laiglon-1900/