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Andrea Natalie
Andrea Natalie (born 1958) is an American cartoonist. She is the creator of the ''Stonewall Riots'' collections and founded the Lesbian Cartoonists' Network. Biography Andrea Natalie spent her childhood in Arizona and moved to New York to attend school at Cornell University. She worked in Los Angeles for several years as a waitress, cab driver, and janitor. She was 22 when she moved to New York City and came out as a lesbian. Shortly after, Natalie became involved in radical lesbian feminist politics and was the media representative for Sonia Johnson's presidential campaign. She also ran a lesbian adventure social club called Women About. Natalie wanted to become a playwright, but ultimately turned to comics in 1989. Career Andrea Natalie's cartoons follow a single-panel style. In addition to the three collections she published, Natalie's works have been syndicated in many gay and lesbian newspapers across the United States. Her cartoons cover a wide variety of subjects but p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Johnson
Sonia Ann Johnson, (''née'' Harris; born February 27, 1936) is an American feminist activist and writer. She was an outspoken supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and in the late 1970s was publicly critical of the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), of which she was a member, against the proposed amendment. She was eventually excommunicated from the church for her activities. She went on to publish several radical feminist books, ran for president in 1984, and become a popular feminist speaker. Early life, education, and family Sonia Ann Harris, born in Malad, Idaho, was a fifth-generation Mormon. She attended Utah State University and married Rick Johnson following graduation. She earned a master's degree and a Doctor of Education from Rutgers College. She was employed as a part-time teacher of English in universities both in the United States and abroad, following her husband to new places of employment. She had four children dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |