Robinson, Beth
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Beth Robinson interviewed by Eva Theriault, 2016 April 2
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Scope and Contents
In this oral history Beth Robinson describes her professional career and recounts the process of achieving marriage equality in Vermont. The interview focuses mainly on the legal rights for same-sex couples in Vermont and Robinson’s activism and advocacy from the mid-nineties to 2010. She discusses the political environments of the educational institutions she attended, her work as a lawyer at a law firm in a Vermont community, and the legal difficulties she saw gay and lesbian clients face...
Dates of Materials:
2016 April 2
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...
Dates of Materials:
2010-2020
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