Whistling Women: A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians (Gerontology and Women)

?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 perspectives?from 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 fir