Oral History Interview with Joanne Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Title
- Oral History Interview with Joanne Fletcher: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- LC Subject
- Lesbianism Lesbian community
- Local Collection ID
- Coll 520
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Interviewee
- Fletcher, Joanne
- Interviewer
- Long, Linda, 1956- Raiskin, Judith L.
- 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
- Ballot Measure 8; Ballot Measure 9; Bryant, Anita; Coming out (sexual orientation); Eugene (Or.); Feminist bookstores; Homophobia; Judaism; Lesbian community – Oregon; Mother Kali’s Bookstore; Same-sex marriage; Springfield (Or.).
- Location
- University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 2018-09-06
- Identifier
- Coll520_do019
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Local Collection Name
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Type
- Moving Image
- Format
- video/mp4
- Set
- Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project
- Institution
- University of Oregon
