Spinsters and Lesbians: Independent Womanhood in the United States

Contents

Contents Foreword by Karla Jay xiii Acknowledgments xix Progressive Era Spinsters xxi Contemporary Lesbians xxv Introduction: Spinster s an d Lesbian s 1 i. "Wha t Ar e Yo u Goin g t o Be? " 11 Families and Childhoods in the Progressive Era 2. " I Kne w I Was Odd " 2 5 Growing Up Female, 1936-1965 3. "O , th e Gloriou s Privileg e o f Bein g Independent " 4 7 Defining Independent Womanhood in the Progressive Era 4. " I Wa s Goin g t o Hav e t o D o I t Al l o n M y Own " 7 9 Toward Independent Womanhood after World War II 5. "Suc h Beautifu l Live s Together " 10 7 Community and Companions among Progressive Era Women 6. "We'r e No t th e Onl y Ones " 13 3 Lesbian Identities and Communities after World War II 7. Spinster s an d Lesbian s 15 9 Resisting and Surviving as Independent Women On Methodology 179 Appendix: Tables 18 5 Notes 191 References 209 Index 22 j XI ...