"Before the 1970s, lesbians could publish their writing in nonspecific collective volumes, but not until 1973, with the publication of Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology, edited by Phyllis Birkby, was the lesbian anthology in its own right born." — Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, George Haggerty & Bonnie Zimmerman
"When lesbians within the gay liberation movement synthesized gay politics with feminism, they started a separate political/cultural development which thousands of women began to identify with. This is what this anthology is about. Culture, herstory, politics, celebration, Lesbianfeminism — one concept: the new womanity." — publisher.
Includes:
• "The Parable of Mothers and Daughters" and "The Sexual Abuse of Children: A Feminist Point of View" by Florence Rush
• "Lesbianism and Feminism" by Ti-Grace Atkinson
• "The New Misandry" by Joanna Russ
• "Emily Dickinson Feminist" by Rebecca Patterson
• "High School Crack-up" by Esther Newton
• "The Vision and Persecution of Aurora Phelps" by Arlene Kisner, Lois Hart, & Ellen Shumsky
• "Return of the Amazon Mother" and "The Comingest Womanifesto" by Jill Johnston
• "The More Profound Nationality of Their Lesbianism: Lesbian Society in Paris in the 1920s" by Bertha Harris
"Before the 1970s, lesbians could publish their writing in nonspecific collective volumes, but not until 1973, with the publication of Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology, edited by Phyllis Birkby, was the lesbian anthology in its own right born." — Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, George Haggerty & Bonnie Zimmerman
"When lesbians within the gay liberation movement synthesized gay politics with feminism, they started a separate political/cultural development which thousands of women began to identify with. This is what this anthology is about. Culture, herstory, politics, celebration, Lesbianfeminism — one concept: the new womanity." — publisher.
Includes:
• "The Parable of Mothers and Daughters" and "The Sexual Abuse of Children: A Feminist Point of View" by Florence Rush
• "Lesbianism and Feminism" by Ti-Grace Atkinson
• "The New Misandry" by Joanna Russ
• "Emily Dickinson Feminist" by Rebecca Patterson
• "High School Crack-up" by Esther Newton
• "The Vision and Persecution of Aurora Phelps" by Arlene Kisner, Lois Hart, & Ellen Shumsky
• "Return of the Amazon Mother" and "The Comingest Womanifesto" by Jill Johnston
• "The More Profound Nationality of Their Lesbianism: Lesbian Society in Paris in the 1920s" by Bertha Harris