first edition Magazine
1962 · San Francisco
by Martin, Del, editor, D. Mildred Brandt et al.
San Francisco: Daughters of Bilitis, 1962. Magazine. 28p., including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. No publisher's sticker to front cover. 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 relevant to the lesbian reader. (Inventory #: 54253)