Alix Dobkin

When Alix Dobkin graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1962, she headed straight for New York City's Greenwich Village, where she initiated a career for herself as a folk singer. In the early '70s, having discovered her attraction to women, she released Lavender Jane Loves Women (1973). A positive role model for its clear feminist lyrics and its unwavering pro-Lesbian stance, it set an early standard with its independent production (on her own Women's Wax Works label), as well as for its collective spirit. Dobkin became one of the most visible and vocal lesbian fem...