Sally gearhart and harvey milk

          In , Gearhart fought alongside Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay politicians in the U.S., to defeat California Proposition 6, known as the.

        1. Sally was featured prominently in the “Life and Times of Harvey Milk” an acclaimed documentary about Harvey Milk's life and political forays.
        2. She was Harvey Milk's debate partner, working with him to defeat Proposition Six, the Briggs Initiative that would have banned lesbian and gay teachers and.
        3. Sally fought side-by-side with Harvey Milk—and so many others—to defeat the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, which would have prohibited “homosexuals.
        4. Sally Gerhart and Cleve Jones at Harvey Milk's birthday street party just one night after the White Night Riots on May 22, Daniel.

          5. She was Harvey Milk's debate partner, working with him to defeat Proposition Six, the Briggs Initiative that would have banned lesbian and gay teachers and..

          Sally Miller Gearhart

          American novelist (1931–2021)

          Sally Miller Gearhart

          Sally Miller Gearhart in Eugene, Oregon, November 2013

          Born(1931-04-15)April 15, 1931
          Pearisburg, Virginia, U.S.
          DiedJuly 14, 2021(2021-07-14) (aged 90)
          Ukiah, California, U.S.
          OccupationEducator, Novelist
          EducationSweet Briar College (BA)
          Bowling Green State University
          University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
          GenreScience fiction, Feminist Theory, Gender Studies
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          Sally Miller Gearhart (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) was an American teacher, feminist, science-fiction writer, and political activist.[1] In 1973, she became the first open lesbian to obtain a tenure-track faculty position when she was hired by San Francisco State University, where she helped establish one of the first women and gender study programs in the country.[2] She later became a nationally known gay rights activist.[2]

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