Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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Spring Ruth Friedlander (born 1943) is a bisexual Jewish woman who was active in feminist and lesbian politics and collective living groups in the 1970s-2000s in the San Francisco Bay Area. Friedlander was born in Chicago, Illinois. She earned a BS in Economics with a focus on City Planning from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and earned a masters degree in Urban Planning from Hunter College in New York. She moved to San Francisco in 1970. In the San Francisco Bay Area, she was active in feminist consciousness raising groups, including Breakaway, a Women’s Free School, and bisexual and lesbian community groups. She worked in urban planning and ran construction businesses. Friedlander was also active in collective living initiatives, including Prudence Crandall House and Communal Grapevine. The collection includes an autobiographical essay titled “The Story of My Life: Spring Ruth Friedlander,” photographs, journals, calendars, ephemera, and audiocassette tapes and computer media. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001590; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_002229; http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007696; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007701
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Spring Ruth Friedlander, February 2019.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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Spring Ruth Friedlander papers. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455