Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-224) and index.
Contents
Progressive era spinsters -- Contemporary lesbians -- Introduction : spinsters and lesbians -- "What are you going to be?" : families and childhoods in the progressive era -- "I knew I was odd" : growing up female -- "O, the glorious privilege of being independent" : defining independent womanhood in the progressive era -- "I was going to have to do it all on my own" : toward independent womanhood after World War II -- "Such beautiful lives together" : community and companions among progressive era women -- "We're not the only ones" : lesbian identities and communities after World War II -- Spinsters and lesbians : resisting and surviving as independent women -- Methodology.