Oral History with Betty Burrows & Shirley Shea, 1987

Oral History with Betty Burrows & Shirley Shea, 1987

Betty was born on a farm just outside in Sydney, Australia and Shirley was born in Sudbury in 1924. The two meet in Toronto in the 1960s, where they were apart of the lesbian bar scene that gravitated around The Continental. At the time of the interview in 1985, both Shirley and Betty are retired. The interview covers their early lives in Australia and Sudbury, Ontario; their coming-out experiences and various men and women they have dated; Betty’s travels around the world and Shirley’s work for CBC; their first encounter; and life in the lesbian bar scene in Toronto.

Lesbians Making History Collective

1987

Lesbians Making History Collective

LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory

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oral history

1950s to 1970s, 1987