She was from upstate New York, and a staunch Unitarian. She had a violent temper and had been in prison more than once. It was rumored that she had done time for murder. She often carried a large chain in her purse for self-defense.
She was in the frontline at the Stonewall riots in 1969 alongside Marsha Johnson.
- David Carter. Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution
. New York: St. Martin’s Press . 2004: 64-5, 162, 261, 298n11.
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