went on to teach English at the City College of San Francisco, teaching ESL and working with CCSF faculty to incorporate gay/lesbian studies into the curriculum. This work by Cruikshank led to CCSF opening their Castro/Valencia Campus, and in 1982 she was the first woman to teach the college's lesbian and gay literature class, which she taught until 1996. Also at City College of San Francisco, Cruikshank taught an introductory women's studies course and lesbian and gay literature. She later taught courses on aging and women (1992 - 1997). Her introduction to working with older people came when she did a graduate studies internship in gerontology at San Francisco State University, where she received an M.A. in gerontology in 1992. She taught at CCSF until her move to Maine in 1997. Writing Cruikshank is most well-known for editing three major lesbian anthologies. In 1980, she self-published The Lesbian Path, the first book made up entirely of short, personal narratives by lesbian. The book was re-published in 1985 by Grey Fox Press. Her second anthology came in 1982, titled Lesbian Studies: Present and Future, and was published by The Feminist Press. It highlights the importance of lesbian studies in higher learning and includes experiences of lesbians in the academy. The book asserts the importance of studying lesbians in history, literature, and culture. It was updated and reissued in 1996. In 1984, Cruikshank published her third anthology, New Lesbian Writing, which combines fiction and nonfiction writing from lesbian authors worldwide. These three anthologies helped to establish lesbian studies as a part of women's studies in the academy. In her papers, donated to the UCLA Library Special Collections, Cruikshank explains the three anthologies, their genesis and their inclusions. She traces their origins in the women's studies movement and through the lesbian academics' network created by the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) and details the editorial process. Works Thomas Babington Macaulay (1978) The Lesbian Path (1980, self-published; 1985, Grey Fox Press) Lesbian Studies: Present and Future (1982, The Feminist Press) New Lesbian Writing (1984, Grey Fox Press) The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement (1992, Routledge) Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture and Aging (2003, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) Fierce with Reality: an Anthology of Literature about Aging (1995, St. Cloud: North Star Press; 2007) Personal life Cruikshank moved to Maine in 1997, and she still resides there today. After her move, she began to