 Admiring Gale greatly, Latimer identified with her and felt betrayed when Gale married.She fictionalized aspects of their complex relationship in the short story "Possession" ("Nellie Bloom and Other Stories"), the novel "We Are Incredible", and the long title story in "Guardian Angel and Other Stories," each time treating her mentor more harshly.While living in New York City’s Greenwich Village in the 1920s, Latimer became active in various social causes.