ubiór-i-moda: History of lesbianism

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Lesbianism is sexual and romantic desire or relationships between women. Women have typically been underrepresented in history as both writers and subjects, and lesbianism has been correspondingly under-recorded. Since the 1970s, efforts have been made to gather together and preserve lesbian history.

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A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. The word is also used as an adjective for women in relation to their experiences, regardless of their sexual orientation; or as an adjective relating to female homosexuality. The term lesbian is a derivative of the Greek island of Lesbos, home to the ancient poet Sappho. Relatively little in history was documented to describe women's lives in general or female homosexuality in particular. The earliest mentions of lesbianism date to around the 600s–500s BC, including Sappho's poetry. Lesbian relationships and attractions, along with gender nonconforming behaviors more often displayed by lesbians, have been treated in different ways throughout differen…

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“We Have Opened Doors, Others Have Been Closed”: Women under the Oslo Accords. The majority of Palestinian women are seldom seen or heard in public. They have strong voices and strong minds, but the patriarchal culture requires them to keep their opinions and experiences within the family. A strong culture of silence hides most of the daily life and struggle of Palestinian women. As in all societies, however, there are exceptions: strong and brave women who have made remarkable careers, both in politics and society. This chapter tells the stories of three of these women. It also discusses several Palestinian organizations that work actively to support women's rights and improve their situat…

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Women's participation in the media in Malawi has been the subject of academic study and monitoring by regional gender and media organisations. Women have worked in Malawian broadcasting since the establishment of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in 1964, and they have organised professionally from the 1990s through bodies such as the Malawi Media Women's Association, but women remain underrepresented both as media employees and as sources quoted in news coverage.

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The Meanings of Lesbianism in Post‐War America. I had been a closet gay before I got married, about 1948, which means I had a relationship with a woman, and I'd been in love with her but I thought I was the only person in the world. There was no others in the world. I had never read a gay book. I didn't even know the word ‘gay’… I didn't know the word ‘lesbian’… And I really believe that women used to dress mannish simply to get you to know who they were … In those days it was very important. 1

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The history of women on United States postage stamps began in 1893, when Queen Isabella I of Castile became the first identifiable woman depicted on a United States postage stamp. She appeared in several designs in the Columbian Issue, which commemorated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas. In 1902, Martha Washington became the first American woman specifically honored on a United States stamp. Pocahontas appeared on a 1907 stamp issued for the Jamestown Exposition, becoming the first Native American woman—and the first identifiable Native American person—depicted on a United States stamp. Women represented on United States stamps include political f…

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Black women have been involved in American socio-political issues and advocating for the community since the American Civil War era through organizations, clubs, community-based social services, and advocacy. Black women are currently underrepresented in the United States in both elected offices and in policy made by elected officials. Although data shows that women do not run for office in large numbers when compared to men, Black women have been involved in issues concerning identity, human rights, child welfare, and misogynoir within the political dialogue for decades. Black women almost uniformly vote for the Democratic Party, usually at least 90% or higher. In the 2024 United States pr…

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The academic discipline of women's writing is a discrete area of literary studies which is based on the notion that the experience of women, historically, has been shaped by their sex, and so women writers by definition are a group worthy of separate study: "Their texts emerge from and intervene in conditions usually very different from those which produced most writing by men." It is not a question of the subject matter or political stance of a particular author, but of her sex, i.e. her position as a woman within the literary world. Women's writing, as a discrete area of literary studies and practice, is recognized explicitly by the number of dedicated journals, organizations, awards, and…