Boots of leather, slippers of gold
Subtitle: the history of a lesbian community
By: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis.
Contributors: Davis, Madeline D., 1940-
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Lesbians -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History -- 20th century; Lesbians -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Social conditions; Working class -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History -- 20th century; Women's studies -- New York (State) -- Buffalo; Buffalo (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Description: Traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a working-class lesbian community.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-424) and index.