Jeanne Córdova
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Jeanne Córdova (July 18, 1948 – January 10, 2016) was an American trailblazer of the lesbian and gay rights movement, founder of The Lesbian Tide, and a founder of the West Coast LGBT movement. Córdova was a second-wave feminist lesbian activist and proud butch.[1][2][3][4]
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Born | (1948-07-18)July 18, 1948 Bremerhaven, Germany |
Died | January 10, 2016(2016-01-10) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
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Spouse | Lynn Harris Ballen |
She was a prolific writer, journalist, and businesswoman, and a Lambda Literary, Publishing Triangle and Goldie Award winning author for her 2011 memoir When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love and Revolution.[5][6][7][8][9] In honor of her memory, Lambda Literary Foundation created the "Jeanne Córdova Words Scholarship" in 2016,[10] and the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction in 2017.[11]