Joan Nestle

Writer, Author

1940 –

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Who is Joan Nestle?

Joan Nestle is a Lambda Award winning writer and editor and the co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives. She is openly gay and sees her work of archiving history as critical to her identity as "a woman, as a lesbian, and as a Jew."

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Born
May 12, 1940
The Bronx
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • White American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • New York University
  • Queens College, City University of New York
  • Martin Van Buren High School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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