Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

Jean Ko Stewart, April 11, 1989

Item

jean_ko_stewart.jpg

Title

Jean Ko Stewart, 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.

Creator

Interviewer: Manuela Soares, Interviewee: Jean Ko Stewart

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, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.

Language

en

Type

Video Recording, Oral History

Identifier

Physical: MV-61, Digital: stewart_tape1of1_19890401

Rights Holder

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

Citation

Interviewer: Manuela Soares, Interviewee: Jean Ko Stewart, “Jean Ko Stewart, April 11, 1989,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed October 15, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/367.