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Reed Erickson was born as Rita Alma Erickson in El Paso, Texas on October 13, 1917. Rita Erickson passed her early years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Philadelphia High School for Girls, Rita attended Temple University taking a secretarial course. Soon after, the Erickson family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where ...
Reed Erickson 1917to –1992. American engineer, businessman, and—most notably—philanthropist. He grew up in Philadelphia, where he ran with a group of lesbians at his school. He then went on to earn a degree in engineering, only to lose his engineering job because he refused to fire a woman with suspected communist ties.
Erickson died there on January 3, 1992, aged 74. After living in Ojai, California for several years, he returned to Mexico to avoid prosecution for drug. developed a drug dependency and was plagued with persistent emotional problems. in Mexico. He married three times and became father to two children.
Reed Erickson was a trans man with a big checkbook, a pet leopard, big dreams for a better world for gay people and trans folks—and single-handedly financed ...
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Box #, folder #, Reed L. Erickson Papers, Coll2010-001, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California. Processing Information. Formerly in boxes 103-144, 104-032, and 104-033. Collection processed by Joy Novak in 2006 and revised by Loni Shibuyama in May 2010. Accrual processed by Kyle Morgan in 2015.
Reed Erickson, Pioneering Transgender Activist and Philanthropist, 1917-1992, by Ada Bello. Reed Erickson used the wealth which his class privilege provided to support public education and activism about transgender lives and issues at a time when very little public attention was focused on the topic.
Reed Erickson Born Rita Mae Erickson to Robert and Ruth Erickson on October 13, 1917 in El Paso, Texas, s/he attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls and Temple University (1936). The family, including younger daughter Roberta (later Roberta Simes) moved from Philadelphia to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
