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To Believe in Women : What Lesbians Have Done for America-A History
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by Lillian Faderman
Sales Rank: 299505
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 448 pages
Published by: Houghton Mifflin June 15, 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 039585010X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0395850107
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
Taking up where her 1981 classic, Surpassing the Love of Men, left off, Lillian Faderman reveals that many of the early leaders who fought for women's suffrage, higher education for women, and women's entrance into "male" professions would in today's parlance be called lesbians: "women who lived in committed relationships with other women." Unencumbered by the duties of marriage and motherhood, they were more likely to have the time, energy, and freedom to work for women's rights. In fact, they were more or less obliged to try to better women's lives, Faderman argues, for there was no man to represent them at the polls or support them financially. (Although Elizabeth Cady Stanton's husband and seven children failed to distract her from the cause, her friend Susan B. Anthony used to help her with the children and housework before they settled down for political strategy meetings.) During the Depression, when women's social and economic gains began to dwindle, it was these "single" women who kept professions open while married women were being fired in favor of men. Faderman gracefully surveys a century of advancement and retreat, shedding light on America's debt to women-loving women. --Regina Marler
The New York Times Book Review, Karla Jay
For those who need a dose of pride and a slice of history, Faderman's portraits should strike a popular note.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done For America - A History (Paperback)
A heterosexual feminist ally, I picked up this book at the suggestion of a friend, and was entranced by the premise of the book and meticulously researched evidence. Precisely because they were not bound by unintended pregnancy (which continued to be a problem until the early 70's)Lesbians were the vanguard of the women's movement on everything from equal employment to the vote and birth control, and had an obligation to work towards policies that would benefit all women regardless of sexuality. Granted some readers of the reviews will decide that this book attempts to glorify lesbians at the expense of straight women, but I have read this book repeatedly and simply find the truth as it existed in historical context. Faderman simply points out the important role that Lesbians have played---a contribution that gets over shaddowed in many straight women's and gay men's focused history books.
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