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Oral History Interview with Ellie Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project

Interviewee
Interviewer
Date
  • 8/31/2018
Description
  • The Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project collection consists of interviews of 83 people for the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, conducted by Professor Judith Raiskin and Curator Linda Long at the University of Oregon starting in the summer of 2018.
Abstract
  • Ellie was born in 1954 in Hillsboro, Oregon. She grew up in Eugene and discusses what Eugene was like in the 1960s and 1970s and the character of downtown. As a child, she had no understanding of lesbianism. After high school she worked in a photography studio, and then did clerical work for Lane County government. She met lesbians at personal growth training workshops and came out in 1987. She discusses the hurt she felt by being snubbed by the lesbian community and felt safe in the straight community. She discusses the anti-gay Ballot Measure 9, the Oregon Citizens Alliance, and hostility to her and her partner in Springfield. Ellie became a voice teacher, a Reiki teacher, and received a massage license. She and her partner Joanne have been married four times. One marriage was at Multnomah County, which was later annulled by the state. She concludes her interview by discussing aging issues, the Oregon lesbian lands, and coming to feel comfortable in the lesbian community.
Subject
Keyword
  • Abuse
  • Social aspects
  • Marriage equality
  • Jackrabbit Press
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Identifier
  • Coll520_do018
Repository
Local Collection Name
Local Collection ID
  • Coll 520
Finding Aid
Related URL
Institution
Modified
  • 01/22/2024
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APA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). Oral History Interview with Ellie Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c219g

MLA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Ellie Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c219g

Chicago

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Ellie Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c219g

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Fletcher, Ellie http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/FletcherEllie
2 Raiskin, Judith L. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95069466
3 Long, Linda, 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001035121
4 Lesbianism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
5 Morrigan, Kendra http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/MorriganKendra
6 Aging http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002201
7 Vaden, Paula Jo http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/VadenPaulaJo
8 Communities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029195
9 Cormier, Margaret http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/CormierMargaret
10 Lesbian mothers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076155
11 Women's Press http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007127665
12 Parenting http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098009
13 Hippies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060979
14 Displaced workers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89005473
15 Communal living http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029011
16 Non-monogamous relationships http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00003586
17 Counterculture http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002005
18 Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113232
19 Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021953
20 Glass, Charlie, -1937 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00030472
21 Lefton, Enid http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LeftonEnid
22 Whiteaker (Eugene, Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011066249
23 Housing, Cooperative http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062614
24 Lesbians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076160
25 Drug utilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039716
26 School choice http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118256
27 Homophobia in schools http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004155
28 Automobiles--Maintenance and repair http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85010285
29 Lesbian separatism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009003403
30 Lesbians--Identity http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004083
31 Eugene School District 4J http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88033484
32 University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758196/
33 University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
34 Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/EugeneLesbianOralHistoryProject
35 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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