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Freedom to differ : the shaping of the gay and lesbian struggle for civil rights / Diane Helene Miller.
LIBRA HQ76.8.U5 M55 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Diane Helene, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay rights--United States--History.
- Gay rights.
- Lesbians--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Lesbians.
- Women's rights--United States--History.
- Women's rights.
- Lesbian feminism.
- Lesbians--Legal status, laws, etc.
- History.
- United States.
- Lesbian feminism--United States.
- Achtenberg, Roberta.
- Cammermeyer, Margarethe, 1942-.
- Cammermeyer, Margarethe.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 194 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Author Diane Helene Miller evaluates civil rights strategies in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights. She incorporates case studies of lesbians in the military and in politics, discussing in detail the experiences of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, who was dishonorably discharged from the National Guard after 27 years of service when she revealed that she was a lesbian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081475595X
- 0814755968
- OCLC:
- 38536009
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