Cheri Pies papers
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Title: Cheri Pies papers
Dates: 1980-1989
Collection Number: 2003-08
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1.4 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Cheri Pies papers contain materials related to her groundbreaking 1985 book, “Considering Parenthood: A Workbook for Lesbians,”
and other lesbian parenting issues. Pies, a clinical professor at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has been a leader
in women’s health for 30 years and was instrumental in supporting lesbian motherhood in the late 1970s.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research. Mailing lists and other records holding the names, addresses, and/or phone numbers of individuals
will be restricted for 20 years.
[Identification of item]. Cheri Pies papers. Collection Number: 2003-08. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Cheri A. Pies on April 9, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Cheri Pies papers contain materials related to her groundbreaking 1985 book, “Considering Parenthood: A Workbook for Lesbians,”
and other lesbian parenting issues. Pies, a clinical professor at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has been a leader
in women’s health for 30 years and was instrumental in supporting lesbian motherhood in the late 1970s. The collection contains
research files for her book, and includes correspondence, book proposals, drafts, notes, questionnaires and newsclippings.
Subject files include materials on artificial insemination and legal issues surrounding lesbian parenthood. GSSO linked terms:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000381; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16529; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001813
Lesbians
Education
Health