Jean Ko Stewart Interview, April 11, 1989
Item
Title
Jean Ko Stewart Interview, April 11, 1989
Description
Jean Ko Stewart is interviewed in Boston in 1989. She discusses her early relationships with women and coming out. She speaks about her role as the Vice President of the Boston chapter, which involved organizing dances and concerts and a focus on providing a community space for lesbians. She compares the political and social climate of California and Boston, and considers Boston’s racial climate at the time. Jean explains that she moved to California because she heard that women wore slacks to work, which was considered unacceptable in Boston in the 1960s.
Accompanied by an abridged version where Jean Ko Stewart speaks about meeting with the Daughters of Bilitis community.
Accompanied by an abridged version where Jean Ko Stewart speaks about meeting with the Daughters of Bilitis community.
Creator
Interviewer: Manuela Soares, Interviewee: Jean Ko Stewart
Publisher
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date
4/11/1989
Date Created
1989-04-11
Contributor
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students.
Edited by Morgan Gwenwald [still photographer], Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger [videographer].
Language
en
Type
Video Recording, Oral History
Rights Holder
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Physical Format
VHS
Citation
Interviewer: Manuela Soares, Interviewee: Jean Ko Stewart, “Jean Ko Stewart Interview, April 11, 1989,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/367.