Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community.

Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition Acknowledgments Preface 1. To cover up the truth would be a waste of time : Introduction 2. I could hardly wait to get back to that bar : Lesbian Bar Culture in the 1930s and 1940s 3. A weekend wasn't a weekend if there wasn't a fight: The Tough Bar Lesbians of the 1950s 4. Maybe 'cause things were harder...you had to be more friendly : Race and Class in teh Lesbian Community of the 1950s 5. We're going to be legends, just like Columbus is: The Butch-Fem Image and the Lesbian Fight for Public Space 6. Now you get this spot right here: Butch-Fem Sexuality during the 1940s and 1950s 7. Nothing is forever : Serial Monogamy in the Lesbian Community of the 1940s and 1950s 8. It can't be a one-way street: Committed Butch-Fem Relationships 9. In everybody's life there has to be a gym teacher: The Formation of Lesbian Identities and the Reproduction of Butch-Fem Roles 10. Conclusion Notes General Index Index of Narrators