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Title: Ruth Schoenbach papers
Dates: circa 1977-1978
Collection Number: 2021-16
Creator/Collector:
Schoenbach, Ruth
Extent: .5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The papers of Ruth Schoenbach relate to her work with the organization Lesbian Schoolworkers. The collection includes photographic
slides, ephemera, flyers, meeting notes, and other material related to Lesbian Schoolworkers and other organizations, including
the Gay Teachers and School Workers Coalition. The material documents organizing efforts against Proposition 6 (the Briggs
Initiative) and Proposition 7.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of item]. Ruth Schoenbach papers. Collection Number: 2021-16. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Ruth Schoenbach, August 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Ruth Schoenbach relate to her work with the organization Lesbian Schoolworkers. The collection includes photographic
slides, ephemera, flyers, meeting notes, and other material related to Lesbian Schoolworkers and other organizations, including
the Gay Teachers and School Workers Coalition. The material documents organizing efforts against Proposition 6 (the Briggs
Initiative) and Proposition 7. The Briggs Initiative (1978) was a failed California ballot proposition that would have banned
gay and lesbian people from working in California schools.
Lesbians
Education