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Barbara Love, also known as Barbara J. Love, (born 1937) is an American feminist writer and the editor of ''Feminists who Changed America, 1963-1975.'' The Veteran Feminists of America said of Love, "If Second Wave activists were graded according to their contributions, Barbara Love would be in the top ten." Love is a lesbian activist, writer and editor.〔〔 With the National Organization for Women, Love organized and participated in demonstrations, such as the demonstration against ''The New York Times'' which resulted in the integration of the want ads which helped support improvements towards equal pay for equal work. She also worked within the organization to improve the acceptance of lesbian feminists within the organization. She helped to found consciousness-raising groups for lesbian feminists and was active in the gay liberation movement. Her mother supported her at gay rights and gay pride marches. With her lover and fellow feminist, Sidney Abbott, she co-authored the classic book ''Sappho was a Right-on Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism'' that she would hope would lead to greater awareness of society oppression of women and lesbians. She helped in the presentation to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) which led to the removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). ==Early life== Barbara J. Love was born in 1937 and grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey.〔〔 Her Danish father was a hosiery manufacturer. The king of Denmark decorated him for his role during the war as an underground agent. He also worked for Radio Free Europe.〔 Her mother, Lois Love,〔 whose descendents were from colonial Massachusetts, was involved in community activities. Love had two brothers. At 12 years of age competitive swimmer, she was the first person in New Jersey to break the record of the 100 yard freestyle in under a minute.〔 Love had several potential areas of contention with her parents as a Democratic lesbian feminist. The most significant concern of her "far right" Republican parents was that she was a Democrat. She became isolated from the rest of the family because she had friends who were not Protestants or Country Club members〔 and many were poor.〔 She also "wondered why women had to be in the kitchen while men were in the living room discussing things of world import."〔 She began having crushes on girls in middle school, but didn't realize she was a lesbian and didn't have anyone to talk to about her feelings.〔 In 1968 she told her mother she was gay. Her response was "First to thine own self be true". Lois Love supported her daughter in gay rights and pride marches and in the founding of the now national Parents of Gays (PFLAG).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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