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Madeleine Davis

Madeline Davis is a gay rights activist. She is a founder of the first gay rights organization in Western New York, the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier. She also taught the first university course on lesbianism in the US.

Names Madeleine Davis (Main) BE [n72.71] Madeline D Davis (altName)

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Related Pages Madeleine Davis on LGLC
Madeleine Davis on VIAF
Birth Date 1940
Identities Lesbian

BG [ISBN:9781476740713]

American

BG [Mark Singer, “Platform,” The New Yorker, 13 August 2012, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/13/platform-2]

Occupations Librarian

Mark Singer, “Platform,” The New Yorker, 13 August 2012, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/13/platform-2

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"Lesbian Couple Plans Fifth Wedding In New York," Huffington Post, 29 August 2011, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/lesbian-couple-plans-fifth-wedding_n_886969.html?ec_carp=2907808363618165665