DOC DIDN'T LIMIT HER

PIONING OF THE

(WHOM SHE CLAIMED

CHAM-

HOMOSEXUAL

TO BE NO

DIFFERENT FROM THE RANK AND FILE OF HUMANITY EXCEPT IN PREFERENCE FOR A LOVE OBJECT) MERELY TO THE GROUP ITSELF. SHE ARRANGED FOR A PROFESSIONAL CLUB TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF DOB AND THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY. AMONG

THE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHO HAD A LESSON IN HOMOSEXUALITY WERE LIBRARIANS, DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT STORE BUYERS, CHIROPRACTORS, NURSES AND TEACHERS.

Doc DOC WAS A GENEROUS, WARM, UNDERSTAND ING INDIVIDUAL WHOSE JOY IN LIFE AND ITS CHALLEN— CES WAS CONTAGIOUS. ON AN-

BLANCHE M. BAKER, M.D., Ph.D.

OTHER SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN OCTOBER, 1957 SHE ENTERTAINED THE D03 AT HER HOME WITH A PATIO SUPPER FOLLOWED BY THE SHOWING OF EVERYONE'S "FAVORITE SLIDES". SHE WOUND UP THE EVENING BRINGING FORTH A HUGE BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH TWO LARGE CANDLES, MARKING THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF DOB.

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BUT ABOVE ALL, DOC WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER TREMENDOUS SENSE OF HUMOR. READERS OF THE LADDER CHORTLED OVER HER "CONFESSION" IN THE APRIL, 1957 ISSUE. AND EVEN THROUGH THE MONTHS OF HER LONG ILLNESS SHE COULD STILL LAUGH AT HERSELF AND DID SO AT ONE'S 1960 MID-WINTER INSTITUTE BANQUET. SHE NEVER MISSED A CALIFORNIA CONVENTION OF ANY OF THE HOMOPHILE ORGANIZATIONS IF SHE COULD HELP IT. THOUGH CONFINED TO A WHEEL CHAIR AND OBVIOUSLY QUITE ILL, SHE WAS ON HAND FOR DOB'S FIRST NATIONAL CONVENTION LAST MAY.

WE MAY BE THANKFUL INDEED THAT DOC CAME ALONG TO BRING ENCOURAGEMENT, CONFIDENCE AND PURPOSE TO AN OUTLAWED MINORITY. HER ENTHUSIASM, HER LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING WERE ALWAYS THERE TO COUNT ON.

DOC SHALL FOREVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS.

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