Different daughters: The Daughters of Bilitis and the roots of lesbian and women's liberation, 1955--1970.
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Title
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Different daughters: The Daughters of Bilitis and the roots of lesbian and women's liberation, 1955--1970.
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Identifier
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AAI3144097
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identifier
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3144097
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Creator
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Gallo, Marcia M.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Martin Duberman
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Date
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2004
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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History, United States | Women's Studies
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Abstract
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Founded in San Francisco in 1955, the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) was the first national women's organization in the U.S. to directly address issues of gender and homosexuality. The organization and its leaders helped develop one of the 20th century's most significant movements for social change: the gay and lesbian civil rights movement. They also helped to broaden the definition of social justice to include sexuality.;Through its leadership in the predominantly male homophile ("love of same") movement of the 1950s and 1960s, its publication The Ladder, and its network of local chapters, DOB played a crucial role in creating lesbian identity, visibility, institutions and political strategies from 1955 to 1970. Established within a Cold War context, the Daughters were always a small part of an "advance guard"---a tiny network of women and men who in the post-World War II period began to publicly question their lack of basic civil rights because of their choice of sexual and romantic partners. Due in large part to their foundational efforts, later movements for gender and sexual equality, such as the women's and lesbian liberation movements, could grow and flourish in the 1970s and beyond.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
