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910 IZZ

Ethel Smyth: a biography

by Christopher St. John

Paper Book, 1959

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lesbian artists, cross-dressing, gender roles, lesbian writers, letter writing, diaries and journals

Kate Sheppard: a biography

by Judith Devaliant

Paperback, 1992

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New Zealand, Nonfiction

Gluck, 1895-1978: her biography

by Diana Souhami

Paperback, 1989

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920 SOU

The Macmillan dictionary of women's biography

by Jennifer Uglow Editor

Paperback, 1984

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women of colour, United States, literary figures, lesbian icons, 20th century pre-1950

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920 UGL

Zora Neale Hurston: a literary biography

by Robert E Hemenway

Paperback, 1986

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920 HEM

The Biography of Alice B. Toklas

by Linda Simon

Paperback, 1978

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Bette: an intimate biography of Bette Midler

by George Mair

Paperback, 1996

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biography

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920 MAI

Sylvia!: the biography of Sylvia Ashton-Warner

by Lynley Hood

Paper Book, 1990

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New Zealand, Nonfiction

Foster child: an intimate biography of Jodie Foster

by Buddy Foster

Hardcover, 1997

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biography, lesbian actors, film, celebrity

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920 FOS

Who is Sylvia? the diary of a biography

by Lynley Hood

Paperback, 1990

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New Zealand, Nonfiction

Dancing With Demons : The Authorised Biography of Dusty Springfield

by Penny Valentine

Paperback, 2001

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Generations of denial: seventy-five short biographies of women in history

by Kathryn Taylor

Paperback, 1971

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The double life of George Sand: woman and writer - a critical biography

by Renee Winegarten

Hardcover, 1978

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biography, literary figures, 19th century, French

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920 WIN

The world's wickedest women

by Margaret Nicholas

Paperback, 1984

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biography, history

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The World's (4)

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920 NIC

Women of history: selected from the writings of standard authors

Hardcover, 1896

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history, biography

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920 WOM

Peggy

by Pauline Neville

Paperback, 1999

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memoir, biography

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920 NEV

The intimate sex lives of famous people

by Irving Wallace

Paperback, 1982

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Possible Duplicate, Nonfiction

For Sylvia: an honest account

by Valentine Ackland

Hardcover, 1985

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For Sylvia: an honest account

by Valentine Ackland

Paperback, 1986

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lesbian writers, memoir, 20th century pre-1950, bohemians, biography

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lesbian writers, biography

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920 ACK

The eagle and the dove: a study in contrasts - St Teresa of Avila, St Thérèse of Lisieux

by Vita Sackville-West

Paperback, 1973

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literary criticism, biography

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920 SAC

Moments of truth: twelve twentieth-century women writers

by Lorna Sage

Paperback, 2002

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800 SAG

Hypatia's heritage: a history of women in science from antiquity to the late nineteenth century

by Margaret Alic

Paperback, 1986

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history, biography, herstory

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letter writing, biography

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500 ALI

Women's voices: their lives and loves through two thousand years of letters

by Olga Kenyon

Paper Book, 1995

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800 KEN

Hot licks: lesbian musicians of note

by Lee Fleming Editor

Paper Book, 1996

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lesbian musicians

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780 FLE

Words from the same heart

by Margaret Bradstock Editor

Paperback, 1987

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biography, Australia, memoir, essays, lesbian writers

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920 BRA

Force of circumstance

by Simone de Beauvoir

Hardcover, 1965

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Simone de Beauvoir - Autobiography (3)

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Out of all time: a gay and lesbian history

by Terry Boughner

Paperback, 1988

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interviews, lesbian musicians, lesbian writers

Profiles encourage: conversations with twenty women

by Pamela S Johnson

Paperback, 1988

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920 JOH

Lesbians over 60 speak for themselves

by Monika Kehoe

Paper Book, 1989

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aging, lesbian studies, biography

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302 KEH

Between the acts: lives of homosexual men 1885-1967

by Kevin Porter Editor

Paperback, 1991

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biography, gay men, interviews

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920 POR

Long time passing: lives of older lesbians

by Marcy Adelman Editor

Paperback, 1986

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aging, memoir, biography, interviews

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biography, 20th century pre-1950, literary figures, literary criticism

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302 ADE

Virginia Woolf: an inner life

by Julia Briggs

Paperback, 2006

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920 BRI

Women artists: recognition and reappraisal from the early Middle Ages to the twentieth century

by Karen Petersen

Paperback, 1976

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Women sum it up : biographical sketches of women mathematicians

by Diane Farquhar Editor

Paper Book, 1989

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New Zealand, Feminism, Nonfiction

The life and death of Mary Wollstonecraft

by Claire Tomalin

Paperback, 1977

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18th century, biography, history, leading feminists

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biography, bohemians, 20th century pre-1950

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920 TOM

Virginia Woolf

by Hermione Lee

Hardcover, 1996

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diaries and journals, 20th century pre-1950

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920 LEE

The journals of Anais Nin: volume three 1939-1944

by Anaïs Nin

Paperback, 1974

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Centre for Women's Studies, Waikato University, Nonfiction

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Diary of Anais Nin (3)

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920 NIN

The journals of Anais Nin: volume two 1934-1939

by Anaïs Nin

Paperback, 1974

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diaries and journals, 20th century pre-1950

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Centre for Women's Studies, Waikato University, Nonfiction

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Diary of Anais Nin (2)

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920 NIN

The journals of Anais Nin: volume one 1931-1934

by Anais Nin

Paperback, 1973

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diaries and journals, 20th century pre-1950, biography

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Centre for Women's Studies, Waikato University, Nonfiction

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Diary of Anais Nin (1)

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920 NIN

A woman speaks

by Anais Nin

Paperback, 1982

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interviews

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diaries and journals, 20th century pre-1950

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920 NIN

The journals of Anais Nin: volume four 1944-1947

by Anaïs Nin

Paperback, 1976

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Centre for Women's Studies, Waikato University, Nonfiction

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Diary of Anais Nin (4)

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920 NIN

The house by the sea: a journal

by May Sarton

Paperback, 1981

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lesbian writers, diaries and journals, memoir

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lesbian writers, diaries and journals, memoir

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Sarton Journals (6)

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920 SAR

Journal of a solitude

by May Sarton

Paperback, 2005

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Sarton Journals (4)

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920 SAR

The gay book of days: an evocatively illustrated who's who of who is, was, may have been, probably was, and almost certainly seems to have been gay during the past 5,000 years

by Martin Greif

Paper Book, 1982

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biography, gay culture, lesbian culture, history

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920 GRE

The original coming out stories

by Julia Penelope Editor

Paperback, 1989

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Elizabeth Yates : the first lady mayor in the British Empire

by Judith Devaliant

Paperback, 1996

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politics, biography, 19th century, NZ

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New Zealand, Feminism, Nonfiction

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NZ 920 DEV

Heroines: women inspired by women

by Lisa Tuttle

Hardcover, 1988

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interviews, friendship, lesbian writers, biography

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920 TUT

A funny thing happened on the way

by Nancy Spain

Hardcover, 1964

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travel, memoir, biography, lesbian writers

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Lesbian

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914 SPA

A portrait of the artist as a young girl

by John Quinn Editor

Paperback, 1990

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Irish, biography, memoir, interviews, children

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