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IN REMEMBRANCE: JEANNE CÓRDOVA
by Victoria Brownworth
January 15, 2016
Jeanne Córdova said “It’s the job of the young to push the societal envelope.”
Córdova started doing that early and never stopped. She died just before dawn on Sunday, January 10, at her home in Los Angeles after a long, courageous and inspiring battle with cancer, her longtime partner Lynn Ballen by her side, as well as several of her closest friends.
One of those friends, Jenny Pizer, said Córdova “was home with loved ones, and her close friend Dina Evans was on the phone with her.” Evans is a spiritual teacher and therapist and Pizer said she “helped Jeanne during the dying process.”
We throw around the terms “icon,” “pioneer” and “hero” a little too readily. But Córdova was all of these and one only had to be coming up lesbian in the years immediately post-Stonewall to know just how important her footprint was for our community and for lesbians in particular.
- See more at: www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/01/15/in-remembrance-jeanne-cordova/#sthash.u1O5oUYw.dpuf
IN REMEMBRANCE: JEANNE CÓRDOVA
by Victoria Brownworth
January 15, 2016
Jeanne Córdova said “It’s the job of the young to push the societal envelope.”
Córdova started doing that early and never stopped. She died just before dawn on Sunday, January 10, at her home in Los Angeles after a long, courageous and inspiring battle with cancer, her longtime partner Lynn Ballen by her side, as well as several of her closest friends.
One of those friends, Jenny Pizer, said Córdova “was home with loved ones, and her close friend Dina Evans was on the phone with her.” Evans is a spiritual teacher and therapist and Pizer said she “helped Jeanne during the dying process.”
We throw around the terms “icon,” “pioneer” and “hero” a little too readily. But Córdova was all of these and one only had to be coming up lesbian in the years immediately post-Stonewall to know just how important her footprint was for our community and for lesbians in particular.
- See more at: www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/01/15/in-remembrance-jeanne-cordova/#sthash.u1O5oUYw.dpuf