Sidney Abbott was an American feminist and lesbian activist and writer.
10 Facts About Sidney Abbott
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Sidney Afton Abbott was born on July 11,1937 into a military family, describing herself as a military brat.
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Sidney Abbott attended Smith College for three years, and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1961.
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Sidney Abbott then attended Columbia University for graduate school, studying urban planning.
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NOW first named the task force the "sexuality and lesbian task force," and Sidney Abbott had to co-chair with a heterosexual woman.
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Sidney Abbott served on the founding board of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and worked to ensure the organization's board was equal numbers gay men and lesbian women.
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Sidney Abbott was named by the Manhattan Borough President to the community planning board; she was the first openly gay person to do so.
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Sidney Abbott served as program developer for two departments in the New York City government.
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Sidney Abbott was co-chair for the New York Performing Arts Center, and was politically active in the North Fork area of Long Island, New York.
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Sidney Abbott died in a house fire in Southold, New York on April 15,2015, aged 77.