Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community
- ISBN-10
- 0415902932
- ISBN-13
- 9780415902939
- Category
- Buffalo (N.Y.)
- Pages
- 472
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis
Description
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.
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