The Women’s Music Movement built a lesbian feminist musical culture that empowered and employed countless women throughout the 1970s and 80s. Marginalized lesbians and feminists created their own record labels, music festivals, and music they could see themselves in. They learned how to play, record, and promote music without the guidance of men and overcame countless obstacles in a society that rejected them. Making Our Own Kind of Music: The History and Legacy of the Women’s Music Movement presents the story of this movement through materials from the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives’ extensive collection of lesbian and feminist history. The exhibit's scope includes the Movement’s beginnings, its unique attributes, festival culture, points of division within the movements, and its profound cultural impact. 

The narrative and archival presentation was researched and curated by Julia Tanenbaum, Lisa Kahn, and Angela Brinskele.