Ruth Simpson and Ellen Povill Interview, October 8, 1989
Item
Title
Ruth Simpson and Ellen Povill Interview, October 8, 1989
Description
Ruth Simpson and Ellen Povill are interviewed in Woodstock, New York. Ruth talks about her past experience dating men and falling in love. She discusses coming out and realizing her sexual orientation when she was doing theater in college. On tape 2, she and Ellen Povill talk about various movements, including civil rights, feminism and gay and lesbian rights. They describe the day a group of feminists were arrested at a demonstration and the police brutality they experienced and later on, examples of FBI interception. Ruth discusses DOB and her leadership of the New York chapter and Ellen talks about her activities on the action committee.
Creator
Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Ruth Simpson, Ellen Povill
Publisher
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Date Created
1989-10-08
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
Rights Holder
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Physical Format
VHS
Citation
Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Ruth Simpson, Ellen Povill, “Ruth Simpson and Ellen Povill Interview, October 8, 1989,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/371.