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Cheryl Marie Wade papers, 1966-2013.
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Cheryl Marie Wade papers, 1966-2013Creator/Contributor:
Wade, Cheryl Marie, creator, creator.Date:
1966 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWade, Cheryl Marie -- Archives
Wry Crips.
Women performance artists -- California
Actors with disabilities -- California
Women poets, American -- California -- 20th century
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Cheryl Marie Wade papers, BANC MSS 2017/263, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Related collection: Art and activism : pioneering theater artists with disabilities (BANC MSS 2018/135).
Cheryl Marie Wade was born in Vallejo, California in 1948. When she was 10 she was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
She received bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She co-founded the
AXIS dance Troupe. Wade performed with Wry Crips, which presented poetry and drama written by women with disabilities from
1985-1989. Her solo career led her to perform in several videos. Wade also wrote poetry, plays and articles about disability
culture. She died in Berkeley, California on August 21, 2013.
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