A lifetime learning to be a lesbian : 2001.

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Summary

Creators:
Wansley, Ann. ive, Benemann, William, 1949- ivr, and Bancroft Library. University Archives.
Abstract:
Wansley talks about coming to Cal in 1940, and the experience of encountering a mentally ill roommate who attacks her (and a second roommate) with a knife. She describes how the trauma brought her and her second roommate together, eventually becoming a lesbian relationship. At the outbreak of World War II, she suspends her education temporarily in order to work as a welder in the San Francisco shipyards. In 1945 she enrolls in Boalt Hall Law School, one of a small group of women in the post-War class. She describes her career as an attorney, including many years with the Judge Advocate General's Office. She speaks at length about her struggle as a Catholic to resolve her sexuality and her spirituality, and the process of forming a lesbian identity.
Extent:
ii, 28 p. : and 2 sound cassettes.
Language:
English

Background

Physical description:

Transcript: ii, 28 p. : port. ; 28 cm.

Phonotapes: 2 sound cassettes.

Physical facet:
port. ;
Dimensions:
28 cm.
Note:
Volume includes index.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
School of Law Library (Boalt Hall)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-7210, US
Contact:
(510) 642-4044
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