Pat Gozemba

Abstract

Pat Gozemba, born in 1940, is a lesbian, activist, and academic who lives in Salem. She was a founding member of a lesbian and gay archive in Boston, The History Project, and interviewed patrons of Fran’s Place in the early 1980s. A former English and Women's Studies professor, Pat is active in environmental causes. Pat was interviewed by Professor Andrew Darien on September 1st, 2023. She speaks about growing up in Waltham, coming out with a former student at Salem State, and divorcing the man she married. Other topics include feminism, her activism for equality and equity, and the importance of seeing a professor who was out to her students.