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Witness History: The Furies Collective: Lesbian Separatists

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The Furies Collective: Lesbian Separatists

15/02/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Furies Collective: Lesbian Separatists

A group of US feminists set up a commune to live entirely without men in 1971.

A group of feminists in Washington DC set up a commune to live entirely without men in 1971.

A group of feminist activists in Washington DC set up a commune to live independently from men in 1971. They called themselves the Furies Collective, and they were some of the first lesbian separatists. Charlotte Bunch was one of them.

Picture: The Furies, packing and distributing the newspaper at 219 11th St. SE, in 1972. Left to right: Ginny Berson, Susan Baker (not a Fury), Coletta Reid (standing), Rita Mae Brown, Lee Schwing (picture by Joan E Biren)

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