Madeline Davis
American activist and historian (1940–2021)
📍 Buffalo, New York USA
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Madeline Davis was an American LGBT activist and historian. In 1970 she was a founding member of the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier, the first gay rights organization in Western New York. Davis became the first openly lesbian delegate at a major party national convention, speaking at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. The same year, she taught with Margaret Small the first course on lesbianism in the United States, titled "Lesbianism 101" at the University at Buffalo. Along with teaching, Davis helped found the "Women's Studies college at UB", which is now named the "Global G
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