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Title: Jo Daly papers
Dates: 1968-1997
Collection Number: 1998-13
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 12.4 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Jo Daly papers document the professional life of the longtime San Francisco lesbian political activist and community leader.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research though it is unprocessed. Some material may include restrictions. Please contact the archivist
for more information regarding access to the collection.
[Identification of item]. Jo Daly papers. Collection Number: 1998-13. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Clinton Kramer on March 20, 1998.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jo Daly papers document the professional life of the longtime San Francisco lesbian political activist and community leader.
When Daly (1946-1997) was appointed a staff member of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission in 1975, it was noted that
she was the first government official anywhere whose salaried job was to serve the gay community. She was the first out lesbian
appointed to the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, serving from 1980-1986. Daly was also the city’s first lesbian Police
Commissioner, serving from 1979-1986. A longtime member of the Alice B. Toklas Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club, Daly was active
in local, statewide and national Democratic politics. During her long battle with cancer, Daly actively campaigned for legalization
of the medical use of marijuana. The bulk of the collection covers the years 1975-1997. It includes materials related to Daly’s
work with the San Francisco Police and Human Rights Commissions; her interest in Democratic Party politics; her work at the
Consensus Bureau, the consulting firm she and her partner Nancy Achilles owned; materials related to the campaign to legalize
medical marijuana; appointment books and notebooks; subject files; photographs and a very small amount of personalia. GSSO
Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201
Lesbians
Politics and elections