Tomboys and bachelor girls: A lesbian history of post–war Britain 1945–71

Using A Rich Array Of Oral Histories And Archival Sources, Tomboys And Bachelor Girls Provides The First Detailed Academic Study Of Lesbian Identity And Culture In Post-war Britain. Described By Psychiatrists As Immature And Neurotic And Widely Ignored As Taboo By Mainstream Society, Lesbians Nevertheless Recognised And Accepted Their Same-sex Desire And Sought Out Women Like Themselves. Challenging The Conventional Picture Of The Post-war Decades As Years Of Austerity And Conservative Femininity, This Book Traces The Emergence Of A Vibrant Lesbian Social Scene In Britain, Centred On The Metropolitan Nightclubs Of Post-war London, But Also Developing Across The Country, Through Lesbian Magazines And Social Organisations. This Fascinating Book Brings To Life The Rich History Of Post-war Lesbian Culture For The Scholarly And General Reader Alike.