LC control no. | n 93011330 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dobkin, Alix |
Located | Woodstock (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1940-08-16 |
Death date | 2021-05-19 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Woodstock (N.Y.) |
Field of activity | Folk music Women's music |
Affiliation | Old Lesbians Organizing for Change |
Profession or occupation | Folk singers |
Found in | Her Living with lesbians [SR] p1976: label (Alix Dobkin) Gay & lesbian biography, 1997: p. 154 (Alix Dobkin, 1940- ; American singer, songwriter, and activist) p. 155 (born August 16, 1940 in New York City) Washington post WWW site, viewed May 21, 2021 (in obituary dated May 20, 2021: Alix Dobkin, an outspoken folk singer who celebrated women in general and lesbians in particular, making music history in 1973 when she released "Lavender Jane Loves Women," generally considered the first full-length album by, for and about lesbians, died May 19 at her home in Woodstock, N.Y. She was 80. Alix Cecil Dobkin was born in New York City on Aug. 16, 1940. She served as a co-director of the advocacy group Old Lesbians Organizing for Change and continued to perform until just a few years ago) |