In 1965 Ruth Mountaingrove (nee Ruth Shook; February 21, 1923 – December 18, 2016), a mother of five, divorced her husband after 19 years. In 1970 she left her native Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, heading to Oregon, where she and her partner set up a lesbian commune.     During the 1960s Ruth became aware of her feminism … Continue reading "Photographs of the Rootworks Lesbian Commune (1970s)"