Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

Pamela Oline Interview, [date unknown]

Item

pamela_oline.jpg

Title

Pamela Oline Interview, [date unknown]

Subject

Women's Political Organizations, Women's Liberation Movement

Description

Pamela Oline is interviewed. She is heterosexual and talks about her path to and experience of being a member of DOB and campaigning for gay and lesbian rights. She describes her childhood growing up in England, moving to America when she was 14 and changing career from a mathematician and to a psychotherapist. Recognizing the psychological issues of the time, she decided to understand the lesbian community from the inside. She talks about DOB meetings, lesbian and feminism issues, radical and conventional activism, marriage, and GAU (Gay Academic Union) meetings, panel discussions, etc.

Accompanied by an edited collection of clips, featuring Oline talking about being a Lesbian, the DOB and its eventual fractioning, and the debate of whether the lesbian's movement should be separate from the women's movement.

Creator

Manuela Soares [interviewer]; Pamela Oline [interviewee]

Publisher

Lesbian Herstory Archives

Date

circa 1987-1993
March ‎23, ‎2015 [digitized]

Date Created

Unknown

Contributor

Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald [still photographer], Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger [videographer].

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

Manuela Soares [interviewer]; Pamela Oline [interviewee], “Pamela Oline Interview, [date unknown],” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/383.