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Oral History Interview with LaRosa (Donna Rose): Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project

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Interviewee

Rose, Donna ¹

Interviewer

Date

2018-09-14

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

LaRosa was born in 1942 in Warren, Ohio. She was an only child. Her family moved to Cleveland, where she grew up. She discusses her connection to Enid Lefton, who also grew up in Cleveland. She went to Kent State University in 1966 and later studied social work as a graduate student at Boston University. She talks about the anti-war protests going on at the time. She worked in Washington, D.C. at a settlement house and was also involved in the anti-war movement there when she protested Richard Nixon’s inauguration in 1969. She discusses politics. She moved to San Francisco in 1969, where she came out. The women’s movement helped her come out. She went up the west coast and worked on the lesbian liberation movement in Portland. She worked there half-time but made enough money so she could do political work as well. She lived there from 1971 to 1975. She discusses A Woman’s Place Bookstore. In 1975, she moved to lesbian land in southern Oregon, first to Golden (at that time it was gay men’s land) and then to Cabbage Lane. She describes the challenges of living on rustic land. She later moved to Rootworks, which became lesbian land. She helped facilitate the purchase of this land by Jean and Ruth Mountaingrove. In Eugene, she learned cabinetmaking at Lane Community College, and taught woodworking there for many years. She worked as a carpenter for twenty-five years. She also worked in the Women’s Center at Lane Community College and with the Women in Transition Program there. LaRosa says she felt sustained by the lesbian community in Eugene, and by the Jewish community as well. She talks about the culture of the lesbian community and about class issues. In retirement, she is a snowbird, spending her winters in Arizona where she is involved with the Lesbian community in addition to working on border and immigration issues.

Subject

Keyword

Springfield (Or.)
Crescent Construction
Ballot Measure 8
Peralandra Pearl Divers
Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene
Ballot Measure 9
Amazon Kung Fu
Lez Dance
Baleboostehs

Location

University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States ¹⁴

Rights Holder

University of Oregon Libraries

Identifier

Coll520_do049

Repository

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives ¹⁵

Local Collection Name

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project ¹⁶

Local Collection ID

Coll 520

Finding Aid

https://scua.uoregon.edu/repositories/2/resources/8789

Related URL

https://outliersoutlaws.uoregon.edu

Institution

University of Oregon ¹⁷

Submission Date

07/02/2024

Modified

07/22/2024

Collections

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project (open)

APA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. (22 Dec 2024). Oral History Interview with LaRosa (Donna Rose): Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df73c255b

MLA

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with LaRosa (Donna Rose): Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. 22 Dec 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df73c255b

Chicago

Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project, University of Oregon. "Oral History Interview with LaRosa (Donna Rose): Transcript, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-12-22. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df73c255b

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number	Term	External URI
1	Rose, Donna	http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RoseDonna
2	Long, Linda, 1956-	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001035121
3	Raiskin, Judith L.	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95069466
4	Eugene (Or.)	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084636
5	Oregon	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021953
6	Communities	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029195
7	Judaism	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070835
8	Lesbianism	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076157
9	Coming out (Sexual orientation)	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005890
10	Bryant, Anita	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50041110
11	Lesbians	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076160
12	Same-sex marriage	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92003901
13	Homophobia	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88006552
14	University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5758196/
15	University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
16	Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project	http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/EugeneLesbianOralHistoryProject
17	University of Oregon	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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