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...

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Katherine (Kate) Rosenblatt (1922-2009) was a lesbian, playwright, poet, and activist for older women. This collection includes her play scripts, published poetry, organizational materials for the West Coast Old Lesbian Conference, and various periodicals, newsletters, and lesbian and feminist writings.