Welcome to the HerStories: A Digital Collection
The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities. Herstories: A Digital Collection contains digitizations of a small number of the 3,000 oral history cassettes in the Archives' collection.
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Audre Lorde: Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center (2nd Tuesday Series), 1986 (Tape 1)
Audre Lorde reading her poems for the "2nd Tuesday Series" at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Side A: Recorded at the…
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"Lesbians and Literature" panel discussion at MLA conference, undated (Tape 1)
Preceded by short presentation from representative of the recently vandalized Diana Press. Speakers, in order of appearance: moderator Julia Stanley…
Judy T., 1978 (Tape 2)
Judy discusses butch and femme identities, social interactions, and role play within relationships. She expresses relief over how these once rigid…
Andy, 1982, April 20
Andy further discusses how she came to construct her butch image. She recalls getting into fights with men and having to give up good jobs because she…
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Mabel Hampton
Mabel Hampton (1902-1989) was an African-American lesbian, an activist, a domestic worker, and a dancer. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she…
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