Spinsters and lesbians : independent womanhood in the United States /
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
New York University Press,
1996.
|
| Series: | Cutting edge (New York, N.Y.)
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of 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.