title: The purloined Ladder: its place in lesbian history.
abstract: This essay traces The Ladder from its initial publication in October 1956 as the official vehicle of the lesbian rights group the Daughters of Bilitis to its final issue as a privately published magazine in August 1972. By excerpting quotes from key lesbian figures of the time, it seeks to trace The Ladder's history from amateur newsletter to a more polished literary magazine--a reflection of the shift in the culture's perspective of itself from "variant" to "lesbian."
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States