Women’s Peace Walk – Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Kathleen “Corky” Culver: Activist, Organizer, Filmmaker, Landyke, Poet

Kathleen “Corky” Culver: Activist, Organizer, Filmmaker, Landyke, Poet

Corky Culver has been a leader and a documenter since the early days of modern lesbian feminism, cofounding a women’s land group, organizing cultural and political events (especially peace activism), publishing poetry, and singing with others at every possible opportunity.

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Corky Culver and the Women’s Peace Walk, 1983-1984

Corky Culver and the Women’s Peace Walk, 1983-1984

The Women’s Peace Walk celebrates finally arriving in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Lynda Lou Simmons (facing the camera), Pam Smith, Rainbow Williams, Robin Ferguson (holding the Women’s Peace Walk banner), Sandy Cosgrave (looking up), Kate Gallagher (clapping), Gail Mayes, Dixie Biggs, Weed Roy (wearing “stop the bomb racket” poster), Jean Frances (making peace sign), Sandra Lambert, unidentified woman in a rainbow tam, and Sandy Malone.

Corky Culver joins the Gainesville Women’s Peace Walk, an act of courageous defiance, a 41-day journey down the east coast of Florida, from Gainesville to Key West.

Posted on December 8, 2022 Posted in Social and Political Groups, Social Justice, Women’s Health, and Social Services Tagged with antinuclear, Barbara Deming, consensus, disarmament, Florida, Gainesville, Girl Scout Camp, Jane Doe, Key West, meditation, peace activism, peace walk, Savannah River Nuclear Plant Blockade, Savannah River Site, the Jane Does, Women’s Peace Walk