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Arden Eversmeyer; Margaret Purcell | A Gift of Age | Collection of biographies from lesbians based on interviews taken for the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project.
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Kate Millett | Flying | ‘In a kaleidoscopic, almost cinematic style, Kate Millett unreels her inner and outer life during one decisive year: the year after ‘Sexual Politics’
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