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Article: Lesbian history.(Historical Dictionary Of The Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still The Rage)(Book Review)
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- Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
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- September 22, 2003
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Joanne Myers, HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE LESBIAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT.. STILL THE RAGE. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003. 309p. bibl. $75.00, ISBN 0-8108-4506-7.
"What is a lesbian? A lesbian is the rage of all women condensed to the point of explosion." So began the oft-cited (1) 1970 manifesto "Woman Identified Woman," by the Radicalesbians group, to which Joanne Myers pays homage in her subtitle. Her usage also clues readers in to the fact that the lesbian liberation movement is far from concluded. The book's purpose is to provide a starting point for understanding and researching both prongs of the movement--political rights and the liberation of lesbian sexual ...