Hooker, Meryl
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
label: Collection Donor
content: Becker, John M.
label: Collection Donor
content: Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
label: Collection Donor
content: Heritage of Pride (HOP)
label: Collection Creator
content: Hirsch, Leonard
label: Collection Creator
content: Guest, Barbara
label: Collection Creator
content: Barna, Joseph T.
label: Collection Creator
content: Guest, Michael E.
label: Collection Donor
content: Rohrbaugh, Richard
label: Collection Title
content: Cruse, Howard, 1944-2019. Stuck Rubber Baby
label: Collection Donor
content: Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association (ASGRA)
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content: Archives Center Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Meryl Hooker (1971--) was President of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi Alliance at The George Washington University from 1992 – 1995 and helped coordinate the student activities for the 1993 March on Washington. In spring 1994, she was a volunteer with Stonewall 25 in New York. She was the recipient of the 1995 Baer Award for Individual Excellence by the George Washington University Office of Student Life. From 1996 – 1997, she worked as the Event Coordinator at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In the late 1990's she worked at Lammas Women's Books and More, produced some of the early DC drag king shows with Puss 'N Boots Productions, and helped to build community through the True Spirit conferences (1998 – 2003). She was an activist, organizer, performer, and amateur historian of the queer community in Washington, DC until 2023.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989-1996, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1146, Series 28
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials collected by Meryl Hooker in a variety of activities as an activist, organizer, performer, and amateur historian. The material contains programs and ephemera from Pride celebrations, the 1993 March on Washington, and other events. There are also materials from Hooker's thesis centering on The Furies a Washington DC woman's collective of twelve young lesbians the early 1970s. These include interviews with the remainging Furies and a copy of Hooker's thesis.