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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Dorothy, October 2, 1981 (Tape 1)
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Lesbians--Alcohol use--United States
Lesbians--Conduct of life
Lesbian--relationships
Promiscuity
Lesbian and gay experience
Roles--Butch and Femme
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Side A: Dorothy discusses her personal life and how she came to discover that she was a lesbian. She talks about her marriage and separation. She discusses her relationships with women, all of which were long-term. Dorothy talks about her job in engineering as a tool designer and the fact that she performed a man's work for a man's salary. She discusses lesbian social life during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and names several popular bars including Eddy's Tavern, Ralph Martin. She talks about her developing alcoholism and the prominence of this disease among lesbians in general, perhaps as a result of their uncertainty about life. Dorothy also talks about butch and femme roles in lesbianism, stating that she doesn't identify herself with either role despite the fact that the butches identified her as one of them.
Side B: Dorothy continues the discussion of roles in lesbianism and the division between the two groups in bars. She says that her "crowd" did not distinguish between these two groups and she ultimately stopped going to bars, partly as a result of the need for role division. She discusses in some depth her problem with alcohol and talks about her membership in Alcoholics Anonymous. She talks about how she decided that she was a lesbian and gives further details about her first relationship. She also speculates on whether or not other people knew she was a lesbian, including her mother and acquaintances such as her landlord. She says that she has never had any problems with people discriminating against her. Dorothy also continues to talk about the social dynamics of bars in Buffalo.
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Dorothy
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1981-10-2
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2011-11
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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Tape one of a two tape series recorded 1981-10-2. Tape 2 is SPW473
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tape cassette "SPW472 Dorothy"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A: 31:09
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW# 472
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Buffalo, N.Y.
Niagra Falls, N.Y.
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1930s
1940s
1950s
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
Alcoholism
Bars
Butch and Femme
Relationships
Sexuality
Social Life
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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<br />
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Dorothy, October 26, 1981 (Tape 3)
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Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian community
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Lesbian librarians
Lesbianism
Lesbians--Alcohol use--United States
Lesbians--Relations with heterosexuals
Lesbians--United States--Identity
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Dorothy discusses her lifelong identity as a lesbian and her uncharacteristic history in adopting both the butch and femme roles in prior relationships. She talks about being the child of a single mother (her father died when she was two years old) and also describes her hobbies. She says she has always been very mechanically inclined and has also always been an avid reader. She suspects that being an avid reader influenced her ability to understand and be accepting of herself. She also discusses her education and career and her treatment as a lesbian on the job. She was the first female member of the American Society of Tool Designers and later became a technical librarian and engineering researcher. She also speaks about her friendships and non-sexual relationships with both gay and straight women. She notes the differences between those relationships and how her mannerisms and level of self-consciousness also differ in those interactions.
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Interviewee: Dorothy, Interviewer: Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
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1981-10-26
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2012-06-13
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, students in LIS-665 Projects in Digital Archives
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Side A of Tape 3 of three-tape series. Prior tapes in series are SPW474 and SPW475
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tape cassette "SPW476 Dorothy"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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mpeg
wav
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Side A: 25:47
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eng
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW #476
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Buffalo, NY
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20th Century
1940s - 1981
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
Alcoholism
Communities
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
Friendship
Heterosexuality
Identity
Libraries
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Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Buff, October, 1978
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Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York, Lesbian bars, Lesbians--United States--Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews,Tattooed people--United States--Social conditions.
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Talks about community tattoos, race, being butch, the challanges of identity and expectations. Touches on past sexual abuse by her father, gender roles, identity, learning about gay life and her discovery process, friendship, clothing and identity, her marriage to a gay man, her suicide attempt.
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Buff (Interviewee)
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SPW487_BUFF_A
SPW487_BUFF_B
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Tape 3 of a 3 tape series. Preceded by SPW477 and SPW478.
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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Side A=46:20 minutes
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW487
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Alcoholism
Butch and Femme
Lesbians of Color
Suicide
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
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Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Bobbie, June 30, 1984 (Tape 1)
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-general; -Lesbian Herstory Archives; Lesbian and Gay: General Information; Women; Lesbian bars, Lesbians--United States-- Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews, Oral history interview; Body Image; Families; relationships; Abusive Relationships; A
Description
An account of the resource
She thinks people have the wrong opinion of lesbians, she says she feels alone in the bars, role playing was important that someone should be the more aggressive person in a relationship, talks about how she needs a butch in a relationship, thought of herself as a femme although she didn't dress feminine, describes a "dyke person", bar atmosphere and how she went to a bar every night to hit on the bartender, how much she enjoyed the bar scenes, prostitution, story about how she was abducted and raped by 3 men, about how she was in an abusive relationship, spending time in a correctional facility, sexual relationships while in jail
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Bobbie (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
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SPW490_BOBBIE_A
SPW490_BOBBIE_B
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1984, June 30
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Digitized 2012, September
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Tape 1 of a 2 tape series. Followed by SPW491.
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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WAV
MP3
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Side A= 0:31:00 minutes
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English
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Sound
Oral History Interview
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SPW490
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Buffalo, NY
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Alcoholism
Bars
Butch and Femme
Domestic Abuse
Madeline Davis
Prison
Rape
Relationships
Sex Work & Sex Workers
Sexual Assault
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An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Title
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Lou and Jane, November 8, 1981 (Tape 4)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lesbians
Interracial dating
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century
Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbianism--Social aspects
Lesbians--Family relationships
Lesbians--Social life and customs
Description
An account of the resource
Lou and Jane discuss what life is like as an interracial lesbian couple. They discuss how white "studs" feel threatened by black "studs", feeling they will steal their women. Alcoholism is briefly discussed. They also discuss having to tell lies to their family to prevent them from knowing about their sexuality.
On Side B- Jane begins with her experience as Fem lesbian, and her difficulty with what that means to her. She talks about her difficulty with coming "out", and then is interrupted by one of their children.
Lou discusses her relationship with her Fem partner (Jane), as someone who self-identifies as a Butch. She discusses her choices in life, and her commitment to her relationship, her partner, and her family. She also talks about her disillusionment with the future, and her lack of hope for change. Lou references Jane's feelings, and her hope for Jane to recognize what it means to be a Fem.
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Lou+Jane (Interviewees)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date
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1981-11-08
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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Tape 4 of 4. Preceded by SPW516, SPW517, SPW518
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tape cassette "SPW519 Lou+Jane"
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
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29:53
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wav
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eng
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Sound
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Oral History Interview
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SPW519
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Buffalo, NY
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1950-1980
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Alcoholism
Interracial Couples
Madeline Davis
Racism
Relationships
Roles
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Title
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Buffalo Women's Oral History Project, 1978-1990
Description
An account of the resource
Part-ethnography and part-history, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy is an intimate history of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York. It combines the ethnographic method of a rigorous study of a single community’s culture and identity, along with the historian’s urge to analyze the specific forces that shape these communities over time. In terms of primary sources, this historical analysis relied on the Buffalo Women’s Oral History Project. This extensive oral history project began in 1978 and extended through the next 13 years. Interview subjects were working-class lesbian women from Buffalo, New York who described their experiences during the period from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.
These recordings of interviews with working-class lesbians are rich with wisdom, insight and emotion. Interviews discuss a wide range of topics including butch/femme roles, gendered sexuality, relationships, family dynamics, the bar scene, religion, realization of homosexuality, coming out, lesbian mothers, oppression, police brutality, race, gay rights movements, women in the military, youth, and identity. They offer dynamic first-person perspectives of the place and time before the emergence of the gay and lesbian liberation movements. From these stories surface the personal struggles and triumphs of the lesbian community during an intensely oppressive time.
These interviews were donated to the archives by Madeline Davis and Elizabeth Kennedy and were subsequently digitized by students from the Pratt Institute, Projects in Digital Archives class, LIS-665.
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Title
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Debra, February 20, 1980 (Tape 2)
Subject
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Lesbians
Lesbians Conduct of life
Lesbians--Employment
Lesbians--Family relationships
Lesbians--Social life and customs
Lesbians--United States--Interviews
Lesbians--United States--Identity
Lesbians--United States--Social conditions
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--History--20th century
Lesbians and sports
Lesbians--New York (State)--Buffalo--Social conditions
Lesbianism--United States
Lesbianism--Social aspects
Lesbianism--United States--History
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbians--Romantic Relationships
Gay bars
Lesbians of Color
Description
An account of the resource
Discusses her child, a son. He was the product of her one-day marriage. She kept him for about 8 months and then her brother and his wife took him and raised him. He would spend the summers with her until he was 12 and then he lived with her and spent the summers with her brother and his wife.
Believes lesbians make better mothers because they know more. She didn’t want her son to go into gay life because she felt it would be difficult for him, she doesn’t believe that gay men relationships last. She believes you can teach someone not to be gay.
They talk about gay men and lesbian relationships and social interactions. She would call upon her gay male friends to be her date to events that she needed a date, also sometimes family events. They talk about marriages between a gay man and gay woman. Debra says that she knew quite a few couples who had done that to put up a front, but that those relationships always worked out well. Debra also talks about marriage between two women. She never wanted to get married but knew women who did.
They also discuss alcoholism and drugs among the gay community.
On the second tape, Debra further discusses fights in the lesbian community. Madeline asks if she knew any lesbians who played sports in the 1940s and 1950s. Debra believes lesbians played sports but cannot definitely say so.
Creator
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Debra (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
Source
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SPW498_Debra_A
SPW498_Debra_B
Publisher
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date
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1980-02-20
Date Created
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1980, February 20
Date Modified
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Digitized 2013, May 20
Contributor
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Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students.
Rights
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<a href="/omeka/rights-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> See the LHA Copyright Statement </a>
Relation
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Tape two of a two tape series recorded in 1980. Preceded by SPW497.
Is Referenced By
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Kennedy, E. L. & Davis, M. D. (1993). Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community. New York: Routledge
Format
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Original = Cassette Tape
MP3
WAV
Extent
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Side A = 29:29
Side B = 9:02
Language
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English
Type
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Sound
Physical Object
Oral History Interview
Identifier
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SPW498
Spatial Coverage
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Buffalo, NY
Temporal Coverage
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20th Century
Rights Holder
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Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Alcoholism
Butch and Femme
Children
Drugs
Families
Gay Bars
Lesbians of Color
Madeline Davis
Mothers
Relationships
Sports
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Title
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Radio Free Women, 1972-1974
Contributor
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Bailey">Mary Bailey</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Helen+Blum">Mary Helen Bloom</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Garrison">Mary Garrison</a>
Description
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Radio Free Women (RFW) was a feminist radio collective in the early 1970s
Creator
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Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1972-1974
Rights
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The information available on this site, including any text, data, artwork, video, audio, images or graphics may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Entities other than the Lesbian Herstory Archive may own copyright of the material. Material from the website may be used for non-profit or educational purposes. However, if copies are printed or displayed, copyright notice must be included. Except as provided above, you may not reproduce, republish, post, transmit or distribute any material from this website in any physical or digital form without the permission of the copyright owner.
For information regarding any further use of the materials contained on this site, please contact the Lesbian Herstory Archives:
Email: dyv.lha@gmail.com
Language
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English
Sound
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Alternative Title
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WomensPoliticalEducationCoalition.wav
Is Part Of
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Radio Free Women
Identifier
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T36
Title
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Women's Political Education Coalition with Carol Rogers
Description
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Carol Rogers is interviewed on the broad goals and current policy interests of the Women's Political Education Coalition. Discussed topics include the 1974 Washington D.C. mayoral election, childcare, employment, the minimum wage, Crime, Women's Health, and Title 34.
Date
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8/4/74
Extent
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PT28M25S
Format
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audio/mpeg
Medium
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1/4" audio tape
Rights
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/rights-statement">See the LHA Copyright Statement</a>
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Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed. (For personal names use "LastName, FirstName MiddleName, Suffix").
Carol Rogers
Alcoholism
Children
Discrimination
Employment
Health Care
Housing
Interviews
Politics
Prison
Rape
Women's Health
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Title
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Radio Free Women, 1972-1974
Contributor
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Bailey">Mary Bailey</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Helen+Blum">Mary Helen Bloom</a>
<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/browse?tags=Mary+Garrison">Mary Garrison</a>
Description
An account of the resource
Radio Free Women (RFW) was a feminist radio collective in the early 1970s
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1972-1974
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
The information available on this site, including any text, data, artwork, video, audio, images or graphics may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Entities other than the Lesbian Herstory Archive may own copyright of the material. Material from the website may be used for non-profit or educational purposes. However, if copies are printed or displayed, copyright notice must be included. Except as provided above, you may not reproduce, republish, post, transmit or distribute any material from this website in any physical or digital form without the permission of the copyright owner.
For information regarding any further use of the materials contained on this site, please contact the Lesbian Herstory Archives:
Email: dyv.lha@gmail.com
Language
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English
Sound
A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio.
Dublin Core
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Alternative Title
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LearningToFly.wav
Is Part Of
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Radio Free Women
Identifier
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T37
Title
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Learning to Fly, Women and Alcohol
Description
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This is a Radio Free Women episode about women and alcohol, including topics such as the societal pressures that might cause women to drink excessively. The different topics are also combined with the following songs: "Lilac Wine" by Nina Simone, "Red Wine" at Noon by Joy of Cooking, "Broke Down Girl" by Buffy Saint-Maire, "Shake Sugaree" by Elizabeth Cotten, "Leftover Wine" by Melanie, "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Lynn Anderson, "Sweet Blindness" by Laura Nyro, and "Bye, Bye Baby" by Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin. Nikki Giovanni's "All I Gotta Do" is also included.
Date
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7/19/74
Extent
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PT30M16S
Format
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audio/mpeg
Medium
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1/4" audio tape
Rights
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<a href="http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/rights-statement">See the LHA Copyright Statement</a>
Alcoholism
Music
Radio