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Boots of leather, slippers of gold : the history of a lesbian community /

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Traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a working-class lesbian community.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky, 1939- (Author), Davis, Madeline D., 1940-2021 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Penguin Books, [1994]
Subjects:
Lesbian community > New York (State) > Buffalo > History > 20th century.
Lesbians > New York (State) > Buffalo > Social conditions > 20th century.
Working class lesbians > New York (State) > Buffalo > History > 20th century.
Butch and femme (Lesbian culture) > New York (State) > Buffalo > History > 20th century.
Buffalo (N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Lesbiennes > New York (État) > Buffalo > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lesbiennes > New York (État) > Buffalo > Conditions sociales.
Travailleurs > New York (État) > Buffalo > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Études sur les femmes > New York (État) > Buffalo.
Lesbians.
Lesbians > Social conditions.
New York (State) > Buffalo.
1900-1999
History.
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