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Reclassification (Libraries)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Marjorie Greenfield correspondence on archaic headings

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2014-064
Abstract

Correspondence related to the successful effort to remove "homosexuality" from archaic and disparaging headings in the National Library of Medicine's classification systems, 1974-1978, and the World Health Organization's International Classification of Disease, 1985-1991. The projects were championed by Marjorie Greenfield, a lesbian woman, Philadelphia Metropolitan Hospital librarian, and member of the Gay and Lesbian Task Force of the American Library Association.

Dates: 1974-1991