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First Name
Haleigh
Last Name
Marcello
Country
United States
State
CA California
Affiliation
University of California, Irvine
Website URL
haleighmarcello.com
Keywords
gender, sexuality, social history, cultural history, social movements, feminism, lgbt, conservatism, religious right, oral history, public history, 20th century united states, hiv/aids crisis
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About Me

I am a PhD student in American History at the University of California, Irvine.

My research focuses on the LGBT rights movement in Orange County, California during the 1980s. I seek to understand the extent of LGBT activism in the area, and why it was forgotten. My research also focuses on the conservative backlash toward LGBT activism in Orange County, as well as the movement’s broader impacts on California, the US, and the LGBT community as a whole.

Recent Publications

Journal Publications

  • “The National Organization for Women, the Equal Rights Amendment, and California NOW Chapters’ Lesbian Feminist Activism.”  Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2021). https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/c/1010924996.

Encyclopedia Entries

  • Biographical Sketch of Lillian Cash Hough. Included in Online Biographical Dictionary of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920, Database assembled and co-edited by Thomas Dublin and Kathryn Sklar. Biographical sketches have been crowdsourced. (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2019) https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1010111728.
  • Biographical Sketch of Sarah Wilde Houser. Included in Online Biographical Dictionary of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920, Database assembled and co-edited by Thomas Dublin and Kathryn Sklar. Biographical sketches have been crowdsourced. (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2019). https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1010111729.

Op-Eds

  • “Opinion: Christina Shea’s Homophobic Past Called into Question.” Irvine Watchdog, October 8, 2020. https://irvinewatchdog.org/2020/10/08/opinion-christina-sheas-homophobic-past-called-into-question/.

Works in Progress

  • Biographical Sketch of Diane Abbit. Included in Sharing Stories: National Women’s Conference, 1977-2027, to be published by the University of Houston.
Media Coverage
https://www.humanities.uci.edu/SOH/calendar/story_details.php?recid=2462
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Human Rights, Local & Regional, Public History, Sexuality, Women