The Ladder: vol. 16, #5&6, February/March, 1972

Reno, NV: Daughters of Bilitis, 1972. Magazine. 56p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, previous owner's name penned on front wrap, pen checkmarks in the margins of one page, else very good digest-size magazine in pictorial wraps. Sex and Sexuality. Funeral, short story. Middle Class Rape. Willa Cather. The Bell Jar reviewed.

Daughters of Bilitis was formed in 1955 in San Francisco by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon and was based upon - and in the beginning supported by - the homophile organization The Mattachine Society and One Magazine. The Ladder was the house organ/newsletter and published information, news, events, articles, poetry and stories (truncated) relevant to the lesbian reader. (Inventory #: 272177)