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Whistling women : a study of the lives of older lesbians / Cheryl Claassen.
Van Pelt Library HQ75.6.U5 C577 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Claassen, Cheryl, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older lesbians--United States.
- Older lesbians.
- Older lesbians--United States--Interviews.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 284 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectives--from growing up during the Depression and World War II, to retirement and old age at the height of the gay liberation movement. This unprecedented resource captures a first-person view of lesbian history and documents the struggles and achievements of the women who lived it.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789024128
- 0789024136
- OCLC:
- 55600584
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