Abstract Sharon Raphael and Mina Kay Meyer were advocates for old lesbians and organizers with the Gay Rights Movement in Los Angeles in the 1970s-2000s. Sharon worked as a sociology professor at CSUDH for 40 years specializing in gerontology and LGBTQ aging and Mina Meyer wrote the first social science thesis on lesbian aging, “The Older Lesbian.” They co-founded the first LGBT synagogue in Los Angeles, CA, Beth Chayim Chadashim, the AIDS Hospice Committee, and the National Association of Lesbian...

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...

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Sharon Siegel (b. April 9, 1943) is a psychotherapist, community organizer, and a lifelong advocate for women’s health in the Los Angeles area. The bulk of the collection consists of materials from two organizations in which Sharon was involved: the Los Angeles Women’s Community Chorus and Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres.

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Carolyn Whitehorn was an artist known for crafting and selling jewelry with feminist and lesbian motifs, as well as an activist in lesbian and feminist rights movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. This collection includes a range of her personal correspondence, calendars, materials from events and organizations she was involved in, and a sculpture she created.