ABSTRACT

Pat Walker was nicknamed Dubby because she was short, but she was ever long on memory. Pat could literally see in the dark and saved on her electric bill by cooking, doing dishes, sewing, and cleaning house in the dark. Most of us had two strikes against us as lesbians and as women. She was discriminated against on four counts—because she was also blind and an African American. None of this stopped her from being an activist and making the world better for women, lesbians, African Americans, and the blind.