Cathy Cade Explained

Cathy Cade (born 1942, Hawaii),^[1] is an American photographer noted for her work in documentary photography, including photos about lesbian mothering. She has been a feminist and lesbian activist since the early 1970s, starting as an activist and inspired by the power of photography in the early 1960s as part of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.^[2]

She currently lives in Berkeley, and is working with her archives at The Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.^[3] She is a member of the Bay Area Civil Rights Veterans and has memoir material at the Civil Rights Movement Archive. She is a member of Old Lesbians Organizing for Change.

Early life and education

While attending college, Cade participated in the Southern civil rights movement.^[4] In 1969, Cade received a PhD in sociology.^[5]

Work

"Cade is a longtime activist in the civil rights, gay liberation, and women's liberation movements, and her photographs are intricately linked to her work for social justice."^[6] In 1989 she shared her photographs "showing the strength, diversity and pride of lesbians" at a presentation in Davis.^[7]

In late 2000, she started her business "Cathy Cade: Personal Histories, Photo Organizing and Photography".

Family

Cathy Cade is a mother of two sons.^[8]

Publications

• A Lesbian Photo Album: The Lives of Seven Lesbian Feminists. (Oakland, Ca: Waterwomen Books, 1987).
• Woman Controlled Conception by Sarah and Mary Anonymous, drawings by Billie Mericle, copyright 1979 by Womanshare Books. Produced and distributed by UnionWAGE.

Awards and fellowships

2004—Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Award: Honoring Extraordinary Lesbians Over 60^[9]

External links

• cathycade.com
• Women Artists of the American West, Lesbian Photography on the West Coast

Notes and References

1. Book: Lord . Catherine . Meyer . Richard . Art & Queer Culture . 2013 . Phaidon Press Limited . 9780714849355 . 377.
2. Hammond, Harmony (2000). Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History. Rizzoli. pp. 156-157
3. https://oac.cdlib.org/search?style=oac4;titlesAZ=c;idT=UCb18593979x Online Archive of California
4. Web site: CATHYCADE.COM. www.cathycade.com. 2019-03-19.
5. Web site: Civil Rights Under Three Hats: Photographs by Matt Herron and Some Movements of the 1970s & 1980s: Selected Photographs by Cathy Cade . Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. 26 September 2013 .
6. Book: Lord . Catherine . Meyer . Richard . Art & Queer Culture . 2013 . Phaidon Press Limited . 9780714849355 . 378.
7. News: January 23, 1989 . Photographer/author chronicles lesbian life . 2 . California Aggie . May 29, 2023 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
8. Web site: Cathy Cade - Biography. Corinne. Tee. www.cla.purdue.edu. 2019-03-19. 2011-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20110731041756/http://www.cla.purdue.edu/waaw/Corinne/CathyCadebio.htm. dead.
9. News: Kalem . Stephanie . Holy Catfish . 6 March 2019 . East Bay Express . March 24, 2004.