I am now 65, living in a conservative America, in a world torn by war, by such desperate needs for safety that difference is a fearful thing. "I wrote these words in 1986 and though historical attentions have shifted somewhat since then, they still embody my dedication to creating a more inclusive story of women and Jews. But answering that challenge of exclusion is the work of a lifetime." (From A Restricted Country). "As a woman, as a lesbian, as a Jew, I know that much of what I call history others will not. She is openly lesbian and sees her work of archiving history as critical to her identity as "a woman, as a lesbian, and as a Jew." Life Joan Nestle (born May 12, 1940) is a Lambda Award winning writer and editor and a founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, which holds, among other things, everything she has ever written. Martin Van Buren High School Queens College, City University of New York Joan Nestle speaking in Ljubljana, Slovenia for Škuc LL
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