Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 2)
Item
Title
Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 2)
Description
Wainwright remembers her youth and feeling on the “fringes” of society. Growing up and attending an all girls highschool, she was aware of her feelings about women and only later realized what it meant after graduating high school and meeting her first lover. Despite understanding her identity and sexuality, she made the choice to “live straight” in the 1960s due to the lack of acceptance by society and the threat of losing her job as principal of a junior high school while raising her daughter alone.
Creator
Neighborhood Voices
Language
English
Episode Title
Sonny Wainwright
Series Title
Neighborhood Voices
Interviewee
Sonny Wainwright
Physical Format
U-matic
Duration
00:19:47
Collection
Citation
Neighborhood Voices, “Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 2),” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed December 14, 2024, http://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/976.