Series |
The cutting edge Cutting edge (New York, N.Y.) ^A286900
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Contents |
Progressive era spinsters -- Contemporary lesbians -- Introduction : spinsters and lesbians -- "What are you going to be?" : families and childhoods in the progressive era -- "I knew I was odd" : growing up female -- "O, the glorious privilege of being independent" : defining independent womanhood in the progressive era -- "I was going to have to do it all on my own" : toward independent womanhood after World War II -- "Such beautiful lives together" : community and companions among progressive era women -- "We're not the only ones" : lesbian identities and communities after World War II -- Spinsters and lesbians: resisting and surviving as independent women -- Methodology. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-224) and index. |
LCCN | 95032464 |
ISBN | 0814726410 (acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 0814726429 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |