Ernestine Eckstein on the cover of 'The Ladder'

Ernestine Eckstein

1941-1992

Black, lesbian, cisgender woman; vice president of the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis in the mid 1960s. Interviewed by Barbara Gittings and Kay Lahusen in 1965.

Ernestine Eckstein Links

Making Gay History Podcast - Season 4 Episode 9

LGBTQ Nation - Black lesbian Ernestine Eckstein was protesting when most gays thought protests were crazy

New Now Next - The Importance of Being Ernestine Eckstein, Pioneer in the Early Gay Rights Movement

Daughters of Bilitis Links

Encyclopedia.com - Daughters of Bilitis

Encyclopedia Britannica - Daughters of Bilitis

GLBTQ.com - Daughters of Bilitis

Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis Offices in New York

New York Public Library - The Mattachine Society of New York and Daughters of Bilitis

Online Archive of California - Daughters of Bilitis Records

Your Queer Story - Daughters of Bilitis

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