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'''Sally Miller Gearhart''' (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) was an American teacher, [[feminism|radical feminist]], [[science-fiction]] writer, and [[political activist]].[{{Cite web|title=SALLY'S STORY :: Sally Miller Gearhart|url=https://sallymillergearhart.net/sallys-story/ |language=en-US |access-date=2020-08-04}}] In 1973, she became the first open [[lesbian]] to obtain a tenure-track faculty position when she was hired by [[San Francisco State University]], where she helped establish one of the first women and gender study programs in the country.[{{cite web |title=Honoring diversity and courage |url=http://giving.uoregon.edu/oregon-outlook/summer-2009/honoring-diversity-and-courage |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=21 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709175358/http://giving.uoregon.edu/oregon-outlook/summer-2009/honoring-diversity-and-courage |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}] She later became a nationally known gay rights activist.[{{cite web|title=Sally Gearhart, Lesbian Feminism, and Women's Studies|url=https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/sfsu/gearhart|website=OutHistory|access-date=27 April 2026}}] |
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'''Sally Miller Gearhart''' (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) was an American teacher, [[feminism|radical feminist]], [[science-fiction]] writer, and [[political activist]].[{{Cite web|title=SALLY'S STORY :: Sally Miller Gearhart|url=https://sallymillergearhart.net/sallys-story/ |language=en-US |access-date=2020-08-04}}] In 1973, she became the first open [[lesbian]] to obtain a tenure-track faculty position when she was hired by [[San Francisco State University]], where she helped establish one of the first women and gender study programs in the country.[{{cite web |title=Honoring diversity and courage |url=http://giving.uoregon.edu/oregon-outlook/summer-2009/honoring-diversity-and-courage |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=21 September 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709175358/http://giving.uoregon.edu/oregon-outlook/summer-2009/honoring-diversity-and-courage |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}] She later became a nationally known gay rights activist.[{{cite web|title="Sally Gearhart, Lesbian Feminism, and Women's Studies," ''Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974, by Marc Stein''|url=https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/sfsu/gearhart|website=OutHistory|access-date=27 April 2026}}] |