Madsen, Catherine
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Catherine Madsen interviewed by Sarah Meister, 2014 April 12
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Scope and Contents
In this oral history Madsen describes her childhood in a well-educated family that lived in Michigan and Alaska, focusing on the transformative experience of living in the latter. Madsen describes her experience going to college at Michigan State University, and how she found belonging there in a group of other misfits known as “The Tolkien Fellowship.” Among their number was the man who would ultimately become her husband. Madsen describes how she came to meet her current partner through...
Dates of Materials:
2014 April 12
Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project oral histories
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Identifier: SSC-MS-00661
Abstract
Documenting Lesbian Lives is a collection of life histories with people who consider themselves to be (presently or at one time) lesbian, queer or bisexual. The project provides a complex and nuanced collective story of American lesbian history and experience. Narrators include grassroots activists and political organizers; educators and academics; musicians, writers, and artists; as well as community and religious leaders. They come from a variety of class, ethnic, racial, social, and...
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2010-2020
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