Impact of involvement in Unitarian Church; B.A., sociology, Carleton College; Ph.D., sociology, Tulane University; semester exchange to Spelman College: initial involvement with civil rights movement; civil rights work in Albany, Georgia, 1963, prison experience; voter registration drive, New Orleans, September 1963; planning and actions of Summer of 1964; foundation of Southern Students Organizing Committee and Students for a Democratic Society; establishment of women's liberation group, New Orleans, 1968; move to California; discussion of lesbian identity and lesbian motherhood; involvement in lesbian political movement, beginning in 1971
Unitarian churches; Women photographers; Women authors; Civil rights movements--United States; Students--Political activity; Voter registration--Louisiana; Feminism; Lesbianism; Lesbian mothers; Lesbians--Political activity; Cade, Cathy, 1942-; Spelman College; Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)