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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Passet, Joanne Ellen, 1954- Sex variant woman. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2008 (OCoLC)609316699 Online version: Passet, Joanne Ellen, 1954- Sex variant woman. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2008 (OCoLC)610013740 |
| Named Person: | Jeannette H Foster |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joanne Ellen Passet |
| ISBN: | 9780786718221 0786718226 |
| OCLC Number: | 180752189 |
| Description: | xxx, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Early years -- Romantic friendship and voiceless longing -- Unrequited love -- Libraries and loves during the Great Depression -- Another Philadelphia story (1937-1948) -- The sex researcher and the librarian -- Sex variant women in literature -- Hail and farewell -- Gaiety must be gaining respectability! -- Exit laughing -- Epilogue. |
| Responsibility: | Joanne Passet. |
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"Windy City Times," 08/13/08<br> "In a lovely work that includes samples of Foster's hard-to-find poetry, Passet tells the life story of a lesbian who was ahead of her time." <p>"Edge Boston"<br> "Exquisitely researched and reported"<br><p><br>"Bay Windows," 8/21/08<br> "Fascinating...Carefully researched and richly detailed, the book nicely balances thoroughness and readability."<br> <p><br>GayWired.com, 8/20/08<br> "Foster may not inspire fascination but what she did and what she was involved in is definitely worth hearing about..."Sex Variant Woman" is worth a look."<br> <p><br>"Bitch," October 2008<br> "An obsessively detailed account...Passet maintains her detailed, unflinching depiction of Foster's life until the end..."Sex Variant Woman" is a long-overdue tribute."<br> <p><br>Feminist Review.org<br> "Passet's biography of this great woman, constructed through a historian's careful consideration of all possible sources, offers invaluable insights...It is a book worth reading, perhaps more than once."<br> <p><br>"Out Smart," September 2008<br> "I found this superbly written volume to be a true cover-to-cover read."<br> <p><br>"Curve," November 2008<br> "By carefully documenting the life and loves of Foster, Passet ensures that we not only remember the life of this important lesbian literary pioneer, but that we also celebrate it."<p><br>"Gay & Lesbian Review," 11/08<br> "A compelling life story...This biography is enhanced by a number of nicely reproduced black-and-white images."<br> <p><br>"Baton Rouge Advocate," 10/12/08<br> "A sensitive, captivating new book...Passet has done painstaking research in capturing an American life that is far from parochial; reading this ultimately heartwarming book, one comes to care about Foster."<br> <p><br>OLOC newsletter, 10/08<br> "[A] stunning biography...A fascinating portrait."<br> <p><br>"Lambda Book Report," Fall 08<br> "A well-researched, thorough, and engaging biography...One of the most striking things about Read more...
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- Foster, Jeannette H. -- (Jeannette Howard), -- 1895-1981.
- Lesbians -- United States -- Biography.
- Lesbian librarians -- United States -- Biography.
- Lesbian authors -- United States -- Biography.
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