Some women who married and also had lesbian relationships were genuinely bisexual. Many others married because they could see no other viable choice in the day.

Lillian Faderman
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Perhaps for many of them, marriage was simply the only available choice. When they did marry, however, they did so for a variety of reasons: to satisfy a desire for companionship and sex, to get away from their family, to gain social approval and find security, to gain social status and protect against poverty, to avoid financial ruin and keep their families from suffering, or simply because that was the only option available. For others, it was all about sex. Many of these women were quite open about their desires or preferences in bed and often described themselves as bisexual. There is no evidence that many of these women had relationships with other women prior to marrying; rather it appears that their sexual interest in other women was an outgrowth of their relationships with men.

Source: Odd Girls And Twilight Lovers: A History Of Lesbian Life In Twentiethcentury America

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