Season 2: Episode 4: Jean O'Leary - Part 1

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🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Jean O’Leary was passionate—about women, nuns, feminism, and equal rights. She left an indelible mark on the women’s movement and the LGBTQ civil rights movement, but not without causing controversy, too. After all, she was a troublemaker. And proud of it. Visit our episode webpage for background information, archival photos, and other resources. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our ⁠Patreon community⁠. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.0	I'm Eric Marcus and this is making gay history. Gene O'Leary was a troublemaker. I don't think she'd argue with that description. She went to an all-girls Catholic school in Cleveland
1:04.1	where she earned a reputation as a cut-up. Gene held the record for the most
1:07.8	detentions ever. What she called her baby pranks included setting off fire alarms and holding dances in the auditorium during lunch.
1:16.0	Gene also fell in love over and over again, beginning as far back as third grade.
1:21.0	She loved girls, plain and simple. In the 1960s, that was anything but simple.
1:29.0	Once Jean came to terms with who she was, she got to work. Her activism in the LGBTQ Civil Rights Movement spanned more than 30 years
1:36.4	and took her from a convent in Ohio to a contentious rally in New York City's Washington
1:40.7	Square Park to a landmark meeting at the White House.
1:44.0	Here's the scene. I meet Jean at her office in North Hollywood. First we go to a nearby
1:49.2	cafe and then continue our conversation at the Ivy, a very gay-friendly restaurant on the border of Los Angeles
1:54.7	and West Hollywood.
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