Lesbian Elders Oral History Project: Interview with Jo Hiner

Titles: Lesbian Elders Oral History Project: Interview with Jo Hiner (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Born in July 27, 1926, in Oak Park, Illinois; moved to Davenport, Iowa, when she was six and then to various other Iowa communities; graduated from Marshall High School in Minneapolis; spent one year at Minneapolis School of Art and Design; worked in a settlement house in New York; married in 1951, and had five daughters; returned to Minneapolis in 1993. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life; work in California and Iowa as an artist; early music training in Chicago and New York; early lesbian encounters; positive reinforcements; work in New York City; coming out to her mother; marriage and family; meetings of women's groups; attraction to butch women; involvement in gay community in Iowa City; Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC); changes in societal attitude town lesbians; concerns about housing for aging gays and lesbians.

Dates

• 12/19/1996 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hiner, Jo
• interviewer: Weiland, Mary R.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 67
• Accession Number: AV1999.251.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Lesbian Elders Oral History Project' <OH 67>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 19 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:01:09 running time

Subjects

How can we help?

• Help / About Collections Online
• Learn about the Collections
• Contact the Gale Family Library for help with research, orders, and use/licensing
• Have feedback or comments on the new Collections Online system? Please fill in the Collections Online Feedback Form.