Windsor, July 31, 1980 (Tape 2)

Lesbians--United States-- Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews, Oral history interview; Relationships; Coming Out

SIDE A Discussing Windsor’s memories of her relationship with Ruth also called “Skip” beginning in 1933, when they began to identify as lesbians. Past discrimination in town of Reedsville, Pennsylvania, childhood and background, and time attending Allegheny College and working in a factory. Skip came to Buffalo to study biochemistry, and enters the gay community in 1937; however Skip remained in the closet until 1975. Discussing lesbians in the medical profession in New York, and past relationships of Skip. These women attended bars such as Ralph Martin’s and Carousel in late 1930s and early 1940s.

SIDE B Windsor discusses suicides in the lesbian community. Skip was able to accept herself as lesbian, and Windsor explains why.

Windsor (Interviewee)
Liz (Interviewer)

1980-07-31

Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students

tape cassette “SPW546 Windsor”

SIDE A 30:56
SIDE B 30:54

Medium: mpeg

Medium: wav

eng

Sound
Physical Object
Oral History Interview

SPW 546

Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953