Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

Bev Lyon Interview

Item

Title

Bev Lyon Interview

Description

In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Bev Lyon discusses her family background and history, her early feelings for other girls in High School and her coming out in her early 40s. She speaks about getting married to a man in her senior year of college and their adoption of a child together. She discusses her her first relationship with a women and breaking into the lesbians and feminist world, and her later coming out to her family amf her reations. Bev talks about her life long ilness and how that affecter her life as well as the misogyny that she encoutered in law school. She speaks about meeting her partner and her involvement with the Bay Area Career Women group. 

Date Created

February 9, 2022

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Citation

“Bev Lyon Interview,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/1166.