Loraine Sumner

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Loraine Sumner, Reel 3

written by Ian on December 23, 2018

Referee & coach Loraine Sumner’s 8mm bird’s eye view of life before & after Title IX. Fast pitches, shot puts, camping trips, life as a lesbian mother, family weddings, and lots of horsing around. Includes minor footage of Hall of Famer Joan Joyce. Drugstore-jumbled 8mm footage.

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Date Range: c. 1957-1959
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Description: Referee & coach Loraine Sumner's 8mm bird's eye view of life before & after Title IX. Fast pitches, shot puts, camping trips, life as a lesbian mother, family weddings, and lots of horsing around. Includes minor footage of Hall of Famer Joan Joyce. Drugstore-jumbled 8mm footage.
Biographical/Historical Note: See also collection level, Biographical/Historical Notes.
Debbie, Loraine's daughter, was born April 19, 1958, in a Florence Crittendon home. Loraine was twenty-two. She refused to marry Debbie's father, which angered her mother. But ultimately her mother allowed Debbie and Loraine to live in Loraine's childhood bedroom on Thacher Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Loraine got a night shift job at the Walter Baker Chocolate Company. Milton, MA, to put together enough money to secure a home of their own, on the theory Debbie would be sleeping at night. . . ..

Leanne Perola was a friend of Loraine's sister in Milton, MA. c. 1939-2012. Died February 16, 2012. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=156017146

https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Massachusetts/Leanne-Perola_36tcx8
Genres: Home Movies, Amateur Films
Subjects: Lesbian mothers, Women's sports, Fastpitch softball
Places: Pleasure Island Amusement Park, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Disney Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida; Frankin Park Zoo, Mattapan, Massachusetts; Rexhame Beach, Massachusetts; Hingham, Massachusetts; Milton, Massachusetts; Franklin Park Zoo, Mattapan, New Jersey; Pleasure Island Amusement Park, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Santa's Village
Creators: Loraine Sumner
Collaborators & Participants: For further information or if you or friends took part in this event, be great if you emailed us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org & let us know. We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
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Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) holds all rights. Donor must approve all uses.
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Preferred Citation: Reel 3, Loraine Sumner Collection, Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP).