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- ∗ Thanks to Lyn Isaac and Katie Holmes for comments on a draft version of this article and to participants at the Feminist History: Twenty Years On Conference for questions and feedback, which greatly contributed to reworking the paper.
Speculating on scrapbooks, sex and desire: Issues in lesbian historyFootnote∗∗ Thanks to Lyn Isaac and Katie Holmes for comments on a draft version of this article and to participants at the Feminist History: Twenty Years On Conference for questions and feedback, which greatly contributed to reworking the paper.
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