Mabel Hampton, Lillian Foster, 1976 (Tape 1)
Item
Title
Mabel Hampton, Lillian Foster, 1976 (Tape 1)
Subject
Lesbian couples, Rape, Dance
Description
Audio cassette. Oral History Interview of Mabel Hampton. Mabel discusses her first girlfriend, a white woman she met while working at a girl's school. She also discusses her three year relationship with a married woman she worked for as a domestic worker, whom she considers her first love. In addition, she discusses her life as a dancer and her trips to a private lesbian club, frequented by notable women. She then relates how she was briefly abducted, attacked and robbed, and how she escaped and how her friends sought revenge on her attackers.
Creator
Mabel Hampton
Joan Nestle [interviewer]
Date Created
1976
Format
Original = Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
Extent
Side A [22:27]
Medium
Digital reproduction of audio cassette.
Language
English
Type
Sound
Oral History Interview
Identifier
SPW1132
Rights Holder
Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953
Citation
Mabel Hampton and Joan Nestle [interviewer], “Mabel Hampton, Lillian Foster, 1976 (Tape 1),” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed November 24, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/60.