the feminist librarian reads

On Wednesday, January 11, 1989, Wanda Jean Allen, an African-American woman from Oklahoma was sentenced to death, for the murder of her 29 year-old lesbian partner, Gloria Leathers. My intention for writing this blog is not an attempt to argue whether or not Ms. Allen is innocent or guilty; but to demonstrate how America’s has a history of criminalizing individuals based on their race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Which contributed to the execution of Ms. Allen a queer woman of color, who the State of Oklahoma felt the need to execute for murdering her partner.