SAGE's Second National Conference on Aging: The Many Faces of Activism for Middle Aged + Old Lesbians
<p>Audio from SAGE's Second National Conference on Aging, which took place from <span style="font-weight: 400;">May 5-6, 2000 in New York, NY.</span></p>
<p>The audio starts with a conversation with a woman discussing activism, being an out lesbian parent, and atheticism and answering questions from the auidence. She talks about "The Gay Games" and the healing effect of sports for women and girls. Questions from the audience include comments on finding community at the intersection of elder lesbians and sports.</p>
<p>At 9:41 the audio cuts to a panel discussion with Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz. They play <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1TeFlRPQLc">a clip of Ruthie + Connie's 1988 apperance on the Phil Donahue Show. </a>Ruth and Connie talk about their personal hsitroy and early activism, their lawsuit against the New York City Board of Education for domestic partner benefits, the importance of being political and of coming out. They also talk about oening a counceling cener in their home and issues with the Butch/Femme Bianary. </p>
<p><span>At 28:41 the audio switches to Joan Nestle speaking about the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the importance of including reords about diverse Lesbian History. <br /><br />AT 33:11 a woman from the aidence speaks from the perspective of radical lesbians who have never had children or been married and about expanding the lesbian agenda in the future. She reads from a <span style="font-weight: 400;">a piece she wrote called “a week in the life of a 60 Year Old Lesbian” about her activism within the lesbian community.</span><br /></span></p>
SAGE
SAGE
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Sidney Abbott at Lesbian Herstory Archives "The Good Old/Bad Old Days: Lesbian-Feminism, Its Origins—What's Helpful to Us Now?" Part 2 of 2
Lesbian feminism, LGBTQ rights organizations, Lesbian separatism
Sidney Abbott reflects on earlier years of the gay and lesbian movements; audience participation turns the presentation into a discussion on turning tides in the movements.
Sidney Abbott
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English
SidneyAbbott95_2
Sidney Abbott at Lesbian Herstory Archives "The Good Old/Bad Old Days: Lesbian-Feminism, Its Origins—What's Helpful to Us Now?" Part 1 of 2
Lesbian feminism, LGBTQ rights organizations, Lesbian separatism
Sidney Abbott reflects on earlier years of the gay and lesbian movements; audience participation turns the presentation into a discussion on turning tides in the movements.
Sidney Abbott
May 19, 1995
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SidneyAbbott95_1
Deborah Edel, Joan Nestle & Judith Schwarz
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Consciousness Raising, Lesbian Studies
Deborah Edel, Joan Nestle, and Judith Schwarz discuss the formation of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in the 1970s. They detail how the Archives grew out of a consciousness raising group through the Gay Academic Union in 1973. They talk about the mission of the archives, to ensure that lesbian voices and culture were heard and preserved. They also talk about the growth of their collections through donations of books, papers, and photographs from the lesbian community.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Edel_Deborah_Nestle_Joan_&_Schwarz_Judith
Deb, Joan, and Judith, Tape 1 of 1
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Consciousness Raising, Lesbian Studies
Deborah Edel, Joan Nestle, and Judith Schwarz discuss the formation of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in the 1970s. They detail how the Archives grew out of a consciousness raising group through the Gay Academic Union in 1973. They talk about the mission of the archives, to ensure that lesbian voices and culture were heard and preserved. They also talk about the growth of their collections through donations of books, papers, and photographs from the lesbian community.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
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Amazon Autumn, Tape 2 of 2, 1986
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Organizing, Consciousness Raising, Conferences and Events
Footage of an event held in 1986. Both Deborah Edel and Judith Schwarz are featured sitting at a table for the Lesbian Herstory Archives and are handing out information about lesbian herstory in general and the archives more specifically. Joan Nestle and Mabel Hampton are also featured.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
1986
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
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Anne MacKay, Tape 1 of 1, April 24, 1988
Anne MacKay is interviewed in Orient Point, New York in 1988. She discusses the early days of the DOB, lesbian conventions, coming out to her family, socializing, theatrical productions to help fund the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and relationships between lesbians.
Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Anne MacKay
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.
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en
Video Recording, Oral History
Physical: MV-44, Digital: mckay_tape1of1_19880424