Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America by Lillian Faderman

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America

Lillian Faderman

373 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced

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As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian...

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