The Women's Room

Alex Warner

Tuesday, 08 Nov 2011 at 7:00 pm – South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Alex Warner was recently appointed project historian for the Women's Leather History Project at the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago and is curator of the project's first museum exhibit, A Room of Her Own. Warner earned her PhD in history from Rutgers University. Her research focused on the intersections of the politics of feminism and sexual liberation, and she has taught courses in the History and Women's and Gender Studies Departments at Rutgers, Seton Hall, and San Francisco State University as well as for the Writing Program and the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers. Adult Content
Alex Warner will discuss the development of the Leatherdyke community in the United States, from the mid 1970s through the early 1990s. Using archival evidence and oral history interviews, she will explain how that community came to be, what some of the major trends in the community were over its first twenty years and what issues remain central to Leatherdyke culture. The presentation will include artifacts from the museum exhibit.

Cosponsored By:
  • Cuffs
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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