Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over
survived the 20th century! I didn't know we were lesbians. We lived
together 13 years! Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection
of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of
age. This book explores new ground with interviews about their
memories, feelings, and thoughts on a diversity of perspectivesfrom
growing up during the Depression and World War II, to retirement
and old age at the height of the gay liberation movement. This
unprecedented resource captures a first-person view of lesbian
history and documents the struggles and achievements of the women
who lived it. All my schooling was women-orientedso I was able to
see what women and girls could give to each other. In Whistling
Women, these older women share their views on: childhood and young
adulthoodfamily, social factors, religion, schooling
marriagehusbands, children, divorce lesbian relationshipscoming
out/closet relationships, role playing, butch and fem practices
conventional politicsparty affiliation, activities, concerns,
degree of feminism work and moneyfinancial arrangements, home
ownership, investment properties life after 60retirement, health,
activities, communities and much more! I dated. I went along. I did
it because basically it was the thing to do. But I had crushes on
girls. Whistling Women offers you unprecedented statistics on these
women and comparisons with statistics gathered in other analyses on
lesbian and heterosexual women. This research includes studies of:
socioeconomic class in childhood, mid-life, and at retirement level
of education of participants number and duration of long-term
relationshipsboth heterosexual marriages and lesbian lover
relationships age of first lesbian relationship retirement
statisticsyear retired, age at retirement economic resources after
retirement (compared to general US population) If we had these
things in the 1950s [gay bookstores and publications], how
different life would be for a lot of people. But we had to pave the
way. This book is significant for sociologists, gay and lesbian
researchers, and gerontologists, as well as anyone interested in
women's history. It also presents recollections of lesbian/mixed
barssome famousstarting in the 1930s, memories of the notorious
Greenwich Village, the early development of lesbian social groups,
and lesbian friendships with gay men. Whistling Girls identifies
many of the organizations that cater specifically to older
lesbians, such as OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change) and SOL
(Slightly Older Lesbians).
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