Edith "Edie" Daly / Women's Energy Bank collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-2006-08

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Materials related to the Women’s Energy Bank’s political and cultural activities in war resistance, gay and lesbian rights, environmental activism, and feminism. Items include periodicals, pamphlets, leaflets, manuals, publications, newspaper clippings, programs, and personal correspondence.

Dates

Created: 1973-2014
Other: Majority of material found in 1990-1998
Other: Date acquired: 2006

Creator

Daly, Edith (1937-) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Biographical or Historical Information

In 1974, Edith “Edie” Daly “came out” as both an activist and lesbian. In 1981, she returned to her home state of Florida where she opened a women’s bookstore on Madeira Beach. Within a year, she co-founded the lesbian, feminist organization Women’s Energy Bank (WEB), which hosts monthly meetings (“Salons”) for its female membership and produces the monthly publication Womyn’s Words. As a member of a number of activist organizations, including Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC), Southerners on New Ground (SONG), and Women in Black, Daly’s work towards world peace has taken her to Europe, Asia, and beyond. Edie Daly currently serves on the University of South Florida’s Women’s Studies Advisory Board. She and her partner, Jackie Mirkin, continue to live and work for peace and justice in Gulfport, Florida and around the world.

Note written by CBW

Extent

17 Linear Feet

30 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Croatian

Additional Description

Abstract

The papers of Edith Daly, a lesbian activist who co-founded the Women's Energy Bank, a group based in Pinellas County that supported progressive political causes and published the monthly newsletter Womyn's Words.

Arrangement Note

Organized alphabetically within series and subjects.

Source of Acquisition

Edith Daly

Method of Acquisition

Donation

Separated Materials

Womyn's Words (newsletters) Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (programs)

Subjects

Gay and lesbian studies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lesbian activists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lesbian feminist theory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tampa (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Women's studies Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings