The Lesbian Issue: Essays from Signs

This important collection of articles reflects the growing recognition that the study of women whose primary relation is to other women makes a vital contribution to feminist scholarship. A milestone in lesbian studies  - a field often trivialized, ignored, or denied, and always controversial - this volume enriches and enlarges our understanding of women in culture and society.

Estelle B. Freedman is the Edgar E. Robinson Professor in US History at Stanford University and the author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.

Estelle B. Friedman is associate professor of history at Stanford University. Barbara C. Gelpi is the editor of SIGNS. Kathleen M. Weston is a Ph.D. candidte in anthropology at Stanford University.