Oral History Interview with Sally Sheklow: Video, Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project

Title: Oral History Interview with Sally Sheklow: 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: Sheklow, Sally
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: Sally was born in 1950 in Palm Springs, California. She moved to San Francisco during the Summer of Love in 1967. She then went to live on a kibbutz in Israel where her work focused on gardening. She attended Foothill Community College in California, but dropped out during the antiwar movement. Sally moved to Eugene to attend the University of Oregon in the early 1970s. While taking courses on women and health, she recognized her lesbianism. She received a B.A. in Speech from the University of Oregon, as well as a certificate in Women’s Studies in 1976. That same year, she started work at Starflower Natural Foods & Botanicals. She discusses the character of the cooperative. She received an M.S. in Leisure Studies and Services from UO in 1986. She then began a career in health, working first at the Willamette AIDS Council, and later did development work for the Feminist Women’s Health Center. Sally discusses anti-abortion activist Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon. Sally discusses her creative and performance work, including her musical comedy parody The Sound of Lesbians. Sally then describes the Eugene-based comedy and improvisation group, WYMPROV! that was initially developed as an act to combat the anti-gay political campaigns in Oregon in the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to Sally Sheklow, the members of WYMPROV! troupe include Enid Lefton, Debby Martin, and Vicki Silvers. She describes the Passover Seder at the Eugene Hilton Hotel, which she coordinated as a public fundraiser to campaign against Ballot Measure 9. She also describes the annual Eugene Gay Pride Celebration. She concludes her interview by humorously discussing aging.
Subject: Abortion; Amateur theater; Cassidy, Gertrude; Cheese; Domestic abuse; Drug abuse; Hippies – California; Judaism; Kibbutzim; Improvisation (Acting); Merrick, Harriet; Mobility International USA (Organization); Ordinances, Municipal -- Oregon – Eugene; Organic food; Shannon, Rachelle “Shelley;” Socialism; Sygall, Susan; Trudy’s Ranch; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States; Women – abuse of; Women’s health services.
Location: University of Oregon >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 2018-08-01
Identifier: Coll520_do055
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