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Janice Baker is a feminist lesbian mixed media artist living and working in California, Oregon and Washington. The collection contains Baker’s photography, mostly from the early 1980s, capturing the women’s movement at public events and intimate gatherings.

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Lucille Lemmon (1916-2007) was a Michigan-born lesbian who lived in Northeast Los Angeles for most of her life. The bulk of the collection is photographs, which includes fourteen photo albums and hundreds of photographs that Lucy took during her life. Other materials in the collection include personal papers (which include Lucy's diaries) correspondence from her friends and family, travel materials, and various clippings and ephemera.

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Mary Lucey and Nancy MacNeil were dedicated activists fighting for the rights and fair treatment of women with HIV and AIDS. They were most active within ACT UP/LA (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power/Los Angeles) and were two of the founders of Women Alive Coalition, an organization offering support and services for women with AIDS. The bulk of the collection consists of papers and photographs related to ACT UP/LA and clippings reporting on HIV/AIDS and ACT UP.

Abstract Zoe Nicholson is a prominent feminist activist, artist, speaker, educator, author, and organizer. She centered much of her activist work on fighting for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). In 1982, she was one of seven women who fasted in support of the ERA. She also contributed to movements including Peace, Labor, Civil Rights, Pro-Choice, Public Health, Women, LGBTQ, and is rooted in her commitment to nonviolent direct action. The Zoe Nicholson Collection comprises books...

Abstract Vaughan Rachel is an artist, photographer and feminist organizer. Vaughan was a founding member of the Pasadena Women's Political Caucus and a member of XX, a Feminist Women's Artist Collective in Los Angeles. The collection is comprised of original artist books and photographs by Vaughan Rachel, production materials and photographs from the documentary “Visible Lives - Vintage Voices,” and personal and professional correspondences from Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010), a...