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The Lesbian Herstory Archives Founded [Duplicate]

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The Lesbian Herstory Archives was founded in 1974 by activists Joan Nestle, Deborah Edel, Sahli Cavallaro, Pamela Oline, and Julia Penelope Stanley. It was created out of a desire to prevent lesbian history and culture from disappearing. It stands as the oldest and largest collection of its kind in the world.