Description
Correspondence, legal documents, reports, press releases, notes, monthly schedules, articles, clippings, photographs, and
personal documents, 1975-1990, of Susan McGreivy, lesbian activist and former civil rights attorney for the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. In the 1980s, McGreivy played a leading role in the ACLU's challenges to a
wide range of infractions of gay and lesbian civil rights, including a discrimination case against the Boy Scouts of America
and a defense of the women known as the Norton Sound Eight.
Background
Susan McGreivy is a lesbian activist and former civil rights attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern
California. In the 1980s, McGreivy played a leading role in the ACLU's challenges in a wide range of gay and lesbian civil
rights issues, including a discrimination case against the Boy Scouts of America, a defense of the Gay Games against the United
States Olympics Committee, and a defense of the women known as the Norton Sound Eight.
Extent
0.8 linear foot.
2 archive cartons.
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.