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Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians

Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians

Garner, J. Dianne
Claassen, Cheryl

Paperback

Series: Gerontology and Women

Aging & Elder CareGLBTQIA StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0789024136
ISBN13: 9780789024138
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 28 2004
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.28 Depth: 8.32
Language: English

Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!

I didn't know we were lesbians. We lived together 13 years!

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 perspectivesfrom 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.

All my schooling was women-orientedso I was able to see what women and girls could give to each other.

In Whistling Women, these older women share their views on:

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