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A lifetime learning to be a lesbian : oral history transcript / 2001.
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A lifetime learning to be a lesbian: oral history transcript / 2001Gay bears! oral history series; no. 10
Creator/Contributor:
Wansley, Ann., creator, iveCreator/Contributor:
Benemann, William, 1949-, ivrCreator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, University Archives.Abstract:
Wansley talks about coming to Cal in 1940, and the experience of encountering a mentally ill roommate who attacks her (and
a second roommate) with a knife. She describes how the trauma brought her and her second roommate together, eventually becoming
a lesbian relationship. At the outbreak of World War II, she suspends her education temporarily in order to work as a welder
in the San Francisco shipyards. In 1945 she enrolls in Boalt Hall Law School, one of a small group of women in the post-War
class. She describes her career as an attorney, including many years with the Judge Advocate General's Office. She speaks
at length about her struggle as a Catholic to resolve her sexuality and her spirituality, and the process of forming a lesbian
identity.
Date:
2001 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caUniversity of California, Berkeley -- Students -- Interviews
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Law -- History -- Sources
Lesbians -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
Lesbian college students -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
Women lawyers -- California -- Interviews
Note:
Ann Wansley ; an interview conducted by William Benemann in 2001. The University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University
of California,
Gay Bears! oral history project ; no. 10
Audio tape recording of the interview also available in The University Archives.
Volume includes index.
Type:
biographyOral histories.
Physical Description:
print
ii, 28 p. : port. ; 28 cm.
2 sound cassettes.
Language:
English