Editing Natalie Clifford Barney (section)

===Eva Palmer===
[[File:Eva Palmer-Sikelianos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|[[Eva Palmer]]]]

Barney's earliest intimate relationship was with [[Eva Palmer-Sikelianos|Eva Palmer]]. They became acquainted during summer vacations in Bar Harbor, Maine, and began a sexual relationship during one such trip in 1893. Barney likened Palmer's appearance to that of a medieval virgin.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2002|pp=56–58}} The two remained close for several years.  As young adults in Paris they shared an apartment at 4 rue Chalgrin and eventually took their own residences in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine|Neuilly]].{{sfn|Rodriguez|2002|p=150}}  Barney frequently solicited Palmer's help in her romantic pursuits of other women, including Pauline Tarn.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2002|pp=149, 164–165}}  Palmer ultimately left Barney's side for Greece and eventually married [[Angelos Sikelianos]]. Their relationship did not survive this turn of events: Barney took a dim view of Angelos and heated letters were exchanged.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2002|pp=169–171}}  Later in their lives the friendship was repaired through correspondence and reunions in New York.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2002|pp=308, 330}}