Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert
Susan Wittig Albert | Loving Eleanor | When AP political reporter Lorena Hickok–Hick–is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 campaign, the two women become deeply involved. The
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The Life of Lorena Hickok: E. R.’s Friend by Doris Faber
Doris Faber | The Life of Lorena Hickok: E. R.’s Friend | With this bombshell, paradoxically, the unthinkable becomes a matter for thoughtful contemplation. Lorena Hickok was a heavy-set, heavy-voiced AP repo
A New Look At Black Families by Charles Vert Willie; Richard Reddick
Charles Vert Willie; Richard Reddick | A New Look At Black Families | A New Look at Black Families provides a provocative and precocious analysis of the diversity of the black family experience in which black families of
Black. Queer. Southern. Women. by E. Patrick Johnson
E. Patrick Johnson | Black. Queer. Southern. Women. | Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South,
The Unlit Lamp by Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall | The Unlit Lamp | The Unlit Lamp, is the story of Joan Ogden, a young girl who dreams of setting up a flat in London with her friend Elizabeth (a so-called Boston marri
Adventures in Women’s Music by Alix Dobkin
Alix Dobkin | Adventures in Women’s Music | Written by a major pioneering figure in the women’s music movement. Dobkin performed with Kay Gardner and other women in the early 1970s before she re
The World We Found by Thrity N. Umrigar
Thrity N. Umrigar | The World We Found | As university students in late 1970s Bombay, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta were inseparable. Spirited and unconventional, they challenged authori
Women’s Barracks by Tereska Torres
Tereska Torres | Women’s Barracks |
Originally published in 1950, this account of life among female Free French soldiers in a London barracks during World War II sold four million cop
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around by Alethia Jones; Virginia Eubanks; Barbara Smith
Alethia Jones; Virginia Eubanks; Barbara Smith | Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around | 2015 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, presented by the Publishing Triangle
2015 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography, pr
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor | The Women of Brewster Place | The National Book Award-winning novel–and contemporary classic–that launched the brilliant career of Gloria Naylor
“[A] shrewd and lyrical