Post by Admin on Jan 11, 2016 18:26:07 GMT
Jeanne Cordova, American LGBT activist, Died at 67
Jeanne Córdova was born on July 18, 1948, and died on January 10, 2016.
She was a pioneer lesbian and gay rights activist.
Jeanne Cordova was a student at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, east of Los Angeles and went on to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Cordova graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare.
Jeanne interned in the African-American and Latino communities of Watts & East Los Angeles and earned a Master’s degree in Social Work at UCLA in 1972.
She was the first open lesbian to appear in Who’s Who in America (1978–79).
Jeanne Cordova was the founder of the West Coast LGBTQ movement.
She was the Lammy-award winning author for her memoir When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love and Revolution.
FULL ARTICLE: deadfamous.info/jeanne-cordova-american-lgbt-activist-died-at-67
Jeanne Córdova was born on July 18, 1948, and died on January 10, 2016.
She was a pioneer lesbian and gay rights activist.
Jeanne Cordova was a student at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, east of Los Angeles and went on to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Cordova graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare.
Jeanne interned in the African-American and Latino communities of Watts & East Los Angeles and earned a Master’s degree in Social Work at UCLA in 1972.
She was the first open lesbian to appear in Who’s Who in America (1978–79).
Jeanne Cordova was the founder of the West Coast LGBTQ movement.
She was the Lammy-award winning author for her memoir When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love and Revolution.
FULL ARTICLE: deadfamous.info/jeanne-cordova-american-lgbt-activist-died-at-67