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A unique and “often quite moving” look at gay women’s role in US history ( The Washington Post ). In this “essential and impassioned addition to American history,” the three-time Lambda Literary Award winner and author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers focuses on a select group of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century lesbians who were in the forefront of the battle to procure the rights and privileges that large numbers of Americans enjoy today ( Kirkus Reviews ). Hoping to “set the record straight (or, in this case, unstraight)” for all Americans and provide a “usable past” for lesbians in particular, Lillian Faderman persuasively argues that the sexual orientation of her subjects may in fact have facilitated their accomplishments. With impeccably drawn portraits of such seminal figures as Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Eleanor Roosevelt, To Believe in Women “will raise eyebrows and consciousness” (Dianne Wood Middlebrook). As Faderman writes in her introduction, “This is a book about how millions of American women became what they are now: full citizens, educated, and capable of earning a decent living for themselves.” A landmark work of impeccable research

Who reads To Believe in Women : What Lesbians Have Done For America - A History?

Author

Faderman, Lillian

Publisher

Mariner Books;Houghton Mifflin C

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781299881136

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Sociology

Rating

4.17 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14