This collection contains interview recordings; reproduction correspondence, articles, and organizational records; and project administrative materials generated and gathered by historian Marcia Gallo in the course of researching "Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement" (2006).

Marcia M. Gallo is a historian, civil liberties advocate, and Professor Emerita of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Gallo served as field director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California between 1981 and 1996. She then attended the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), earning a PhD in History in 2004. Before starting at UNLV, Gallo was Assistant Professor of History at Lehman College in the Bronx. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, Gallo is the author of "Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement" (2006) and "“No One Helped”: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy" (2015). "Different Daughters" was based upon Gallo’s dissertation at CUNY.

.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)

Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archivist regarding access to oral history recordings.