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

Interviewee
Interviewer
Date
  • 9/6/2018
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
  • Joanne was born in 1960 in Fullerton, California. She grew up in Anaheim, California and went to Hebrew school. She was attracted to girls in the fourth grade. She discusses feminist and lesbian culture, especially lesbian music and bookstores. She moved to Eugene in 1983. She also talks about her various jobs, including with the Housing Authority in Eugene, Lane County Government and at Linfield College. She talks about being out, and trying to normalize her life. She describes Mother Kali’s Books and Izzie Harbaugh, the manager. The lesbian Jewish community was welcoming. Joanne mentions Governor Neil Goldschmidt’s Executive Order 8720 banning discrimination of gays and lesbians in state employment. Joanne worked behind the scenes against the anti-gay ballot measures. Joanne discusses her promise to herself to always be out. She talks about an anti-gay measure in Springfield, Measure 20-08, that passed. She discusses the various marriages she and her partner had. Joanne finishes her interview by talking about the importance and value of marriage.
Subject
Keyword
  • Mother Kali’s Bookstore
  • Ballot Measure 8
  • Ballot Measure 9
  • Feminist bookstores
Location
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Identifier
  • Coll520_do019
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. (18 Apr 2024). Oral History Interview with Joanne Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c222s

MLA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Joanne Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c222s

Chicago

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with Joanne Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/videos/df73c222s

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Fletcher, Joanne http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/FletcherJoanne
2 Long, Linda, 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001035121
3 Raiskin, Judith L. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95069466
4 Oregon--Eugene http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084636-781
5 Class consciousness http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026683
6 Ordinances, Municipal http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095381
7 Parenting http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098009
8 Internalized homophobia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005020575
9 Spirituality--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010114500
10 Communities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029195
11 Astrology http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008893
12 Racism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110266
13 Judaism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070835
14 Lesbianism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
15 Gay rights--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105072
16 Lesbian separatism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009003403
17 Mindlin, Myeba http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/MindlinMyeba
18 Housing, Cooperative http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062614
19 Lesbians--Identity http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004083
20 Whiteaker (Eugene, Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011066249
21 Communal living http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029011
22 Social classes http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123921
23 Same-sex marriage http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92003901
24 Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021953
25 Coming out (Sexual orientation) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005890
26 Butch and femme (Lesbian culture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012003858
27 Lesbian mothers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076155
28 Lesbians http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076160
29 University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758196/
30 University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
31 Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/EugeneLesbianOralHistoryProject
32 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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