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Following the Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969, a wave of gay rights expressionism swept the United States and, in particular, its college campuses. On the University of Missouri’s campus in 1971, that phenomenon manifested itself in the form a Gay Liberation club filing for official recognition from the school. What followed was a bitter, drawn-out legal effort by the college to block Gay Lib from ever meeting on campus or being given designated status.
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The Joy Cabe Collection was donated by Dianna Kehlman, executor of Cabe’s estate, in January 2019. The collection consists of meeting minutes, event planning notes, receipts, 501(c)(3) incorporation paperwork, bylaws, and other materials related to the Lavender Ladies organization, as well as Joy Cabe’s personal event badges, buttons, bags, and other items generally related to women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. Emphasis is on Lavender Ladies documents from 2006 to 2011.
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