Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Collection 1975-1999

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Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU) Collection 1975-1999

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The Southern California Women for Understanding Collection contains the operational records of Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), one of the earliest lesbian non-profit educational organizations in Los Angeles, California.

14 boxes (10.5 linear ft.); , 1 shoe box.; 1 oversize box.

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6651692

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Costanza, Margaret, 1932-2010

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Margaret "Midge" Costanza was born on November 28, 1932, in LeRoy, New York, and was raised in Rochester, New York. She began her political career as a volunteer for W. Averell Harriman’s gubernatorial campaign in 1954; she later served as executive director of Robert F. Kennedy’s 1964 Senate campaign. She served as a Democratic National Committee member from 1972 until 1977. Costanza became an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights and, in 1973, became the first woman elected to the Rochester (N.Y....

Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU)

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Southern California Women for Understanding

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Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), an educational non-profit organization, formed in 1976 and dedicated itself to "enhancing the quality of life for [the lesbian] community and for lesbians nationwide, creative and positive exchange about homosexuality, [and] changing stereotypical images of lesbians." SCWU emerged in the midst of the civil rights, gay rights, and women's movements when many marginalized social groups organized en masse to demand recognition and rights. SCWU was...