Rodwell, Craig, 1940-1993.

Craig Rodwell (1940-1993) was an American gay rights activist. He was active in the Mattachine Society in New York City and in 1967 founded the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, the first bookstore devoted to serious writing by gay authors. A participant in the Stonewall riots in 1969, Rodwell figured prominently in the gay liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s.

From the guide to the Craig Rodwell papers, 1940-1993, 1962-1993, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

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