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  Shirley Willer Interview, July 11, 1987

  Shirley Willer talks about becoming aware of her true sexuality, being a lesbian nurse, the DOB, her view on motherhood, and her experience as an activist. On tape 2, she discusses her National Presidency of DOB, the break up of DOB in 1970 and the end of the Ladder in 1972. She also touches on the 1968 convention and her relationship with Marion.

  Tags Activism, Coming Out, Daughters of Bilitis, Discrimination, Employment, Health Care, Identity, Interviews, Lesbian Identity, Lesbian Mothers, Manuela Soares, Shirley Willer, The Ladder, Work
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  Daughters of Bilitis Interview cuts

  Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon, Billye Talmadge, Nikki Nichols, Barbara Gittings, and Shirley Willer speak about their experiences with the Daughters of Bilitis organization.

  Tags Activism, Barbara Gittings, Billye Talmadge, Communities, Del Martin, Education, Gay Civil Rights, Law, Lawyers, Manuela Soares, Nikki Nichols, Phyllis Lyon, Prostitution, Separatism, Shirley Willer, Support Groups, Women's Liberation Movement
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  Shirley Willer, Tape 2 of 4, Side A, July 11, 1987

  This is a recording of Shirley Willer talking about her life. She talks about her experience with men, her experience as being labeled a lesbian, coming out to family and friends, how she discovered the existence of homosexual organizations through ONE Magazine, discrimination, the DOB, her initial expectations when first joining the organization, becoming chapter president, duties and achievements as president, conflicts surrounding the DOB, her decision to step down as chapter president, and the dissolution of DOB.
  Marion Glass is recorded as well. She talks about her relationship with women, joining the Mattachine Society, and about DOB’s activist approach.
  

  Tags Activism, Coming Out, Daughters of Bilitis, Discrimination, Heterosexuality, Publications, Shirley Willer
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  Astraea

  Short clips of several interviews with various members of the Daughters of Bilitis about their experiences with the group and being a lesbian in the 1950s and thereafter.

  Tags Barbara Gittings, Bars, Billye Talmadge, Dance, Daughters of Bilitis, Del Martin, Documentary, Interviews, Karen Anderson Ryer, Manuela Soares, Morgan Gwenwald, Nikki Nichols, Phyllis Lyon, Sara Yager, Shirley Willer
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  For Toby by Shirley, Side A

  This audio recording discusses the Daughters Of Bilitis New York City chapter. The main voice on the recording is a woman who was elected national president. She talks about her time as national president during the start of the Womens Rights movement. The recording discusses the success of the New York City Chapter and the new role they were playing in the Womens Rights movement.

  Tags Activism, Daughters of Bilitis, Feminism, New York, New York City Lesbians & Gays, Shirley Willer, Womens Movement