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OH 1889

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBOGLE, Edra C (b. 1934)
ProfessionsProfessor
EmployersUniversity of North Texas

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1889
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. English professor and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Iowa; educational and professional background; homosexuality in literature; Oscar Wilde; activism in women’s and gay rights movements; move to Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages; Dallas Gay Alliance; LGBT activism at UNT; conditions for gay and lesbian faculty and staff in the 1970s; LGBT support groups and anti-discrimination policies; the AIDS crisis and the Dallas LGBT community; Baker v. Wade.
Interviewer(s)Karen Wisely
Physical Description93 pp. plus documents (27 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen