Sex variant woman : the life of Jeannette Howard Foster / Joanne Passet.
Sex variant woman : the life of Jeannette Howard Foster / Joanne Passet.
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Publisher
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N306.7663/ 55
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxx, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Lillian Faderman -- 1. Early Years -- 2. Romantic Friendships and Voiceless Longings -- 3. Unrequited Love -- 4. Libraries and Loves During the Great Depression -- 5. Another Philadelphia Story -- 6. The Sex Researcher and the Librarian -- 7. Sex Variant Women in Literature -- 8. Hail and...
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Publisher
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2008.
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"A portrait of one woman's life, Sex Variant Woman provides a look at lesbian life in the era before Stonewall and at the interplay between feminism and gay and lesbian liberation. Spanning from the late-nineteenth century - an era that has been referred to as "the female world of love and ritual" - to the rise of the Gay Liberation Movement of the...
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Sex variant woman : the life of Jeannette Howard Foster / Joanne Passet.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-332) and index.
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N306.7663/ 55
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74VMQbKqEWAl
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ISBN
0786718226 (alk. paper)
9780786718221 (alk. paper)
DDC
306.7663092 B
MMS ID
991000575859702626