Spring Ruth Friedlander papers

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2024

Descriptive Summary

Title: Spring Ruth Friedlander papers

Dates: circa 1950-2010

Collection Number: 2019-22

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 carton

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: 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. 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.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Spring Ruth Friedlander papers. Collection Number: 2019-22. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Spring Ruth Friedlander, February 2019.

Scope and Content of Collection

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

Indexing Terms

Bisexual people

Feminism

Literature

Jewish people