MARC Record from Western Washington University

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100 1 $aGallo, Marcia M.
245 10 $aDifferent daughters :$ba history of the Daughters of Bilitis and the rise of the lesbian rights movement /$cMarcia M. Gallo.
250 $a1st Carroll & Graf ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCarroll & Graf Publishers,$c2006.
300 $axliv, 274 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 1 $a"Nearly fifteen years before the Stonewall Rebellion and the birth of gay liberation came the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). Like its predominantly gay male counterparts, the Mattachine Society and ONE, Inc., DOB was launched in response to the oppressive antihomosexual climate of the McCarthy era, when lesbian and gay people were arrested, fired from jobs, and had their children taken away simply on the basis of their sexual orientation. It was against this political backdrop that in 1955 a circle of San Francisco women formed a private club where lesbians could meet other lesbians in a safe, affirming setting. A year later, they produced The Ladder, the first ongoing monthly magazine for lesbians. Over the next three decades, what began as a small social group evolved into a national women's organization that counted more than a dozen chapters." "In Different Daughters, Marcia Gallo draws on interviews with former members of DOB, many of whom have never spoken on record before, as well as extensive research in both archival and personal collections. She chronicles how through its leaders, magazine, and international network of activists, the Daughters played a crucial role in creating lesbian identity, visibility, and political strategies in Cold War America - and in the process laid the foundation for today's lesbian and feminist movements."--BOOK JACKET
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
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