Oral History Interview: Carrie Kruse (1094)

dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-26T21:39:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-26T21:39:53Z
dc.date.issued	2010-07-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/70306
dc.description	Abstract: In her July 2010 interviews with Eric Trekell, Carrie Kruse discusses her role as a member of the LGBT community in Madison from the 1980s to the late 2000s. She chronicles the importance of local Madison influences, family, and her education in her choice to come out as a lesbian early in her career at UW. She then describes how she has participated in the political activism of the community and how the LGBT community has been transformed throughout its history. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the LGBT Oral History Project, a part of UW-Madison?s Oral History Program. Key Words: Madison WI; feminism; Room of One?s Own; Lysistrata; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Earlham College; Lesbian Variety Show; Hotel Washington; School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS); OutReach; 2006 same-sex marriage ban; commitment ceremony; game night; Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN); Madison West High School; political activism.	en
dc.subject	Political activism	en
dc.subject	Hotel Washington	en
dc.subject	OutReach	en
dc.subject	School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS)	en
dc.subject	LGBT activism	en
dc.subject	Helen C. White Library	en
dc.subject	College Library	en
dc.title	Oral History Interview: Carrie Kruse (1094)	en
dc.type	Recording, oral	en
dc.contributor.interviewer	Trekell, Eric
dc.contributor.interviewee	Kruse, Carrie