University of Wisconsin-Parkside Digital Collections

The Jeanne Arnold and Barbara Lindquist Papers

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The Jeanne Arnold and Barbara Lindquist Papers

Description

Jeanne Arnold (formerly Jeanne Chalekian) is a lesbian feminist author of Racine, Wisconsin. Arnold was born on November 14, 1931. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Racine Extension for two years and continued her bachelor’s degree in English education, library science, and journalism at UW—Madison, graduating in 1953. In 1952 she married Harry Chalekian and became the mother of two children. In the 1970s she divorced her husband to begin a life with her partner, Barbara Lindquist. Lindquist was born on May 25, 1930. She earned an associate degree from Wright Junior College in Chicago and a B.A. from UW-Parkside in 1971.

Arnold and Lindquist founded Mother Courage Bookstore and Art Gallery in Racine in 1978 to promote feminism and to establish a gathering place for women. In 1981 Phyllis E. Sweet asked them to publish her manuscript entitled Something Happened to Me, which addressed child sexual abuse. Mother Courage Press published 5000 copies. The press eventually published 25 books on the theme of abuse, feminism, feminist spirituality, and lesbianism.

Collection Items

View from inside a crop circle
View of a hill from a path leading to the crop circles.

Wheat inside a crop circle
Close up of the wheat formation inside of a crop circle.

Silent Circle Resource building
Members of Barbara's research group meet outside of Silent Circle, a crop circle resource facility.

Helicopter landed next to field
The helicopter which flew Barbara and her other group members waits for members during their research.

Barbara Lindquist with helicopter
Barbara poses with the teams helicopter

Dashboard of the helicopter
The view of the dashboard from inside the helicopter.

Helicopter pilot
Side portrait of the helicopter pilot who was assisting the team.

Crop Circle 1
View of a crop circle from the air

Crop Circle 2
View of a crop circle from the air

Crop Circle 3
View of a crop circle from the air
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