Ellen Spangler - Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Mary Alice Stout: Teacher, Administrator, Entrepreneur, Landyke

Mary Alice Stout: Teacher, Administrator, Entrepreneur, Landyke

In mid-career, Mary Alice Stout left a successful professional job in Tennessee to follow her heart to rural South Carolina and off-the-grid Alabama.

Posted on August 4, 2023 Posted in Lesbian Land Groups, Lesbian-Owned Enterprises, Social and Political Groups Tagged with Alabama, Alapine, Anderson, Botany, Clinton Tennessee, earth-sheltered house, Ellen Spangler, Knox County Education Association, Knoxville, Mary Alice Stout, Mentone, Mountain Mama’s, Science Education, South Carolina, Starcrest, teaching, Tennessee

Ellen Spangler and Starcrest

Ellen Spangler and Starcrest

Ellen from Memorial

After finding feminism and feminist spirituality while living in Florida, Ellen Spangler founded a teaching and healing center in rural South Carolina.

Posted on June 29, 2023 Posted in Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services, Spirituality and Religion Tagged with 1990 Census, A Ritual Declaring and Affirming Our Birth, abuse, age and wisdom honoring, Alapine Village, Alaska, Anderson South Carolina, barter, battered women’s shelter, Beverly Little Thunder, Boston, Carol Christ, channeling, chanting, Charlene Spretnak, Clemson University, Clinton Tennessee, Cloudland Georgia, collective, croning, cross country trip, ecofeminism, Ellen Spangler, Elsa Gidlow, energy, Equinoxes, feminist activist, first national womens spirituality conference, Florida State University, gardening, Georgia, grass and sod roof, hands-on healing, healing center, Illinois, inner-child work, intuition, Jacksonville Florida, Jean Adele, Kaimora, Kay Mora, Knox County Education Association, Lakota, Lesbian and Landdyke Documentary, lesbian residential community, lobbying, lobbyist, Maine, Margot Adler, Martha Stozier, Mary Alice Stout, Mary Daly, Mary Stout, meditation, Methodist ministers, Mississippi, Moon circles, Mountain Mamas consignment shop, native American Sundance, Native American women, negotiating contracts, One Bead at a Time, Owl Song, Pagoda, Pagoda cottages, Peace and Justice Center, Phoenix Arizona, psychic, rainbow colors, rape crisis center, Riane Eisler, Rose DeBernardo, Ruth Mountaingrove, sacred rototiller, seven chakras, singing, Sinister Wisdom, Solstices, South Carolina, spiritual leadership, Split Creek Goat Farm, St Augustine Florida, Standing Rock North Dakota, sweat lodges, The Chalice and the Blade, Through the Looking Glass, trance, trance work, two spirited Lakota Elder, underground house, Vermont, Washington D.C., Wiccan circles, women artists, women dancers, Women Earth and Spirit, women’s ceremonies, women’s council of the sweat lodges, women’s spirituality, workshops, Z Budapest

Lesbian Land Audio Interviews Online

Since 1991, Lesbian Natural Resources (LNR) has supported North American women’s land communities in many ways. Lesbiannaturalresources.org

Check out these interviews with women who started or participated in lesbian-feminist land groups, safe places to develop new lesbian culture in the South.

Posted on June 17, 2022 Posted in Lesbian Land Groups Tagged with Aguila, Alapine Village, Barbara Lieu, Blanche Jackson, Bonnie Netherton, Connie Tarpley, Corky Culver, Diana Rivers, Ellen Spangler, Emily Greene, Fayann Schmidt, Full Circle Farm, Gail Atkins, Gwen Demeter, Jean Adele, Jean Boudreaux, Kate Ellison, Lesbian Natural Resources, Lynn Hicks, Maat Dompim, Maria Christina Moroles, Morgana MacVicar, Myriam Fougère, Naj McFadden, Nett Hart, North Forty, OLHA, Pagoda, Peacemaker Land Trust, Rainbow Williams, Sally Willowbee, Santuario Arco Iris, Sassafras, Shewolf, Silver Circle Sanctuary, SPIRAL, Sue Parker Williams. Sugarloaf Women’s Village, Sun Hawk, The Web, Traveling Dykes, Womonworld

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