The Ladder. Volume 3, Number 2, November 1958
San Francisco: Daughters of Bilitis, 1958. Cover by Helen Sanders. Wraps. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" stapled beige wraps printed in brown. [28] pages. Wraps rubbed, upper wrap with a few spots of soiling, a sound copy.
The Ladder was the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States, issued monthly from 1956 to 1970, and once every other month in 1971 and 1972. It was the primary publication and method of communication for the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian organization in the US, and importantly contained an ongoing running bibliography of lesbian literature in every issue. In this issue, a short story by Vern Niven and a review of the state of lesbian fiction by Gene Damon and Lee Stuart. Fine. Item #546
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