Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1937, Sept. 26 | Born, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1949 | Immigrated to the United States with her mother and sister |
| 1959 | B.A., Douglass College, New Brunswick, N.J. |
| 1960 | M.A. in English, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1962-1963 | Private, medical corpsman, Womens Army Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Received a general discharge under honorable conditions because of her homosexuality |
| 1963 | Joined Mattachine Society of Washington |
| 1965 | Participated in homophile pickets at the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and U.S. Civil Service Commission |
| 1966-1967 | Editor, The Homosexual Citizen for the Mattachine Society of Washington |
| 1968 | Filmed, edited, and produced The Second Largest Minority, a short documentary film about the "Reminder Day Picket" at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1969-1971 | Wrote biweekly column for Gay magazine |
| 1970 | Produced Gay and Proud, a short documentary film of the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York, N.Y. |
| 1971-1977 | Hosted Gay Women's Open House in her home, Arlington, Va. |
| 1971 | Helped launch Frank Kameny's campaign for nonvoting delegate from the District of Columbia to the U.S. Congress |
| 1976 | M.A. in psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. |
| 1976-2009 | Psychotherapist in private practice, Arlington, Va. |
| 1985-1988 | Founder and leader with Nancy Ruth Davis, Empowerment Group for People Living with AIDS, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C. |
| 1986 | Married Nancy Ruth Davis, Key West, Fla. |
| 1990 | Ph.D. in human development, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. |
| 1992-2004 | Founder and director with Nancy Ruth Davis, Program for Creative Self-Development, later called Community for Creative Self-Development |
| 2023, June 27 | Died, Oakton, Va. |