Lewin, Ellen.

Lewin is an author.

From the description of Ellen Lewin papers, 1977-1981. (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 47182842

Historical Note

The interviews included in this collection are part of a research project on lesbian mothers that Ellen Lewin first conceived for her doctoral dissertation in 1975. At this time Lewin felt that she must be somewhat secretive about her topic -- she deliberately excluded the word "lesbian" from an early grant proposal. She conducted interviews of single mothers, both lesbian and heterosexual, between 1977 and 1981. Her project reached maturity at a time of much greater acceptance of lesbian and gay studies: in 1993 her book, Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture, was published by Cornell University Press. She donated her interview transcripts to the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society in 1992.

From the guide to the Ellen Lewin Papers, 1977-1981, (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Historical Society)