Coll. 073: Joyce Crowder Collection

Title

Coll. 073: Joyce Crowder Collection

Date

1980-2010

Description

Joyce Crowder (September 4, 1935 – April 4, 2010) was a nurse and ordained minister of the United Church of Christ. She worked to protect the rights of gay and lesbian nurses through her membership in the Gay Nurses’ Alliance and as secretary for the Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus. She was one of two nurses to join what would later be known as the AIDS Action Committee. She was a board member for Bay Windows and co-founder of the South Shore Sisterhood. In 1994 she obtained her Masters of Divinity (MDiv) from Harvard Divinity School. She was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC) the following year at Church of the Covenant, Boston.

Rights

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Identifier

THP-FA-073

Citation

“Coll. 073: Joyce Crowder Collection,” The History Project | Documenting LGBTQ Boston, accessed November 13, 2024, https://historyproject.omeka.net/items/show/408.

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