Abstract

Rita Gonzales is a Latina activist, radio host, media figure, and arts advocate. This collection consists of recordings and rundowns from two LGBTQ+ radio shows Gonzales hosted, This Way Out and The Out Agenda, an unpublished manuscript of Audre Lorde's piece Eye to Eye, and Choose to Laugh, a publication of comics from the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Abstract Juanita Sanchez was a celebrated poet who organized writing spaces for other women and the elderly community in Albuquerque. The Juanita Sanchez Collection houses Sanchez’s personal journals spanning over 40 years, a published essay by Sanchez featured in the anthology HardHatted Women: Life on the Job, and photographs of Sanchez. Sanchez (1948-2014) was raised and spent a majority of her life in and around the rural areas of Sun Valley and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sanchez wrote about her...