Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy with Madeline D. Davis

434 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced

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This ground-breaking book traces the emergence and growth of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York, from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s. Based on thirteen years of research and drawing upon the oral histories of forty-five women, authors Kenn...

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reflective 50%
emotional 25%
funny 25%

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medium 40%

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