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{{Infobox book
| name             = Lesbian/Woman
| image            = File:Lesbian-Woman (first edition).jpg
| caption          = Cover of the first edition
| authors          = [[Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon]]
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| country          = United States
| language         = English
| series           = 
| subject          = [[Lesbian feminism]]
| publisher        = Glide Publications
| pub_date         = 1972
| media_type       = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]])
| pages            = 283
| isbn             = 978-0553235975
| oclc             = 506556
| dewey            = 
| congress         = 
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}}

'''''Lesbian/Woman''''' (1972; second edition 1991) is a work about [[lesbianism]] by the feminist and gay rights activists [[Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon]]. The book was influential and is considered a foundational text of [[lesbian feminism]]. Reviewers believed that the book benefited from Martin and Lyon's personal experience as lesbians, and endorsed its criticisms of the treatment of lesbians by religious and professional organizations.

==Summary==
Martin and Lyon describe their book as a subjective account of lesbianism. They try to recuperate the experiences of lesbians from what they see as the distortions of most medical and scientific accounts. They claim to have produced neither a true confession nor a scientific book, but one written from subjective experience. Rejecting the idea of objectivity and scientific neutrality, they affirm the book as partisan and argue that lesbians must speak in their own terms, not through those set (contracted; show full)* {{cite web |last1=Gianoulis|first1=Tina |url = http://www.glbtq.com/ | title = Lyon, Phyllis, (b. 1924) and Del Martin (1921-2008) |date=2015 |work=[[glbtq.com|GLBTQ Social Sciences]] |accessdate = 24 November 2017 |ref=harv}}
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[[Category:1972 books]]
[[Category:English-language books]]
[[Category:Feminist books]]
[[Category:Lesbian feminist books]]