Description
The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements.
This collection contains materials from a number of sources focusing on gender and sexuality. The struggles described in these materials are not necessarily separate from larger struggles for liberation but specifically incorporate women’s unique voices and perspectives.
A strength of the collection is that it contains comprehensive archival materials from the San Francisco based grassroots, feminist, anti-imperialist solidarity organization Women Against Imperialism. This includes multiple boxes containing Organizational Records; Actions and Special Projects; Photographs; Cultural Resistance; and Political Organizations and Subject Files. The Gender and Sexuality collection also contains the complete raw materials from the documentary “The Forest for the Trees” which details the amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari’s name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist.
Another major focus on this collection is the experience of women in prison. Within this parent collection, the sub-collection Out of Control (Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners) highlights lesbian women’s voices within the larger prison movement. In addition to focusing on specific organizations, this collection contains dozens of periodicals which highlight important issues within the women’s, queer, and LGBTQ movement. Finally, there are sub-collections which coalesce around more specific topics such as materials focusing on violence against women and sterilization.
Source
https://search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?view_collection=248
Language
English
