About the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project
The Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project seeks to document the lives of old lesbians who were born in the first half of the last century, with a focus on lesbians 70 years of age and older. The lives that they led were difficult and, in many ways, are difficult for us to understand today. There were no LGBTQ publications or organizations. Often, these women didn't even have any role models to help guide their lives. They had to make it up as they went along. The OLOHP seeks to record their histories as told in their own words, not filtered and interpreted by others. We are working to preserve stories that would be lost when these women are gone.
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Anonymous, born 1932 |
Arden Eversmeyer, born 1931 – Founder and Guiding Force for the OLOHP
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Overview of the OLOHP
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Mission Statement
The Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project is designed to capture the Herstories of old lesbians in order to:
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Goals of the Project
The goals of the OLOHP are:
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Note sent to the OLOHP: What you have done is so important that I think even you don’t understand it. This will have a life of its own and be around way after we are gone. To have thought this up, seen the need, and assumed the effort to get it done is phenomenal. I really do salute you. TF says: The women that the OLOHP has brought to us have lived remarkable lives, often solitary and private, and we are far richer for knowing these women, their struggles and their passion. |
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