the Ladder

MAY 1959

Volume 3, Number 8

Published monthly by the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, 165 O'Farrell Street, Room 405, San Francisco 2, Califomia. Telephone YUkan 2-9290.

THE LADDER STAFF: Phyllis Lyon, editor; Patti Brown and Elva Ann Schmolke, oditorial assistanto; Jaye Bell and Barbara Johnson, production managers; Winnie Little, circulation manager; Fran Mac, advertising manager; Astrid Berger, European correspondent.

OFFICERS, DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, INC.: Del Martin, president; Marty Elliott, vioo president; Patti Brown, recording secretary; Billie Tall. mij, corresponding secretary; Carol Wilson, treasurer; Sten Russell, publications director.

THE LADDER is regarded as a sounding board for various points of view on the homophile and related subjects and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the organization.

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The Porsonality Variables of Homosexual Women by Sten Russell

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The Old Ones a story by Colvin Marks... Reneo Vivien, Forgotten Lesbian Poet by Gene Damon and Lee Stuart... Poems of Renee Vivien translated by

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Barbara Stephens....

Losbiana....

Will Call a story by Vern Niven..

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Should Homosexuals Marry by Patti Brown. A Lesbian Looks at Tennessee Williams -

by Florence Conrad.

Calendar of Events...

Cover by P.L., Paris, France

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