an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males." Works Some modern American concepts of tragic drama as revealed by the critical writings of twentieth century American playwrights (1953) Aristotle and Modern Theorists on the Elements of Tragedy. (1956) The Lesbian and God-the-Father, or, All the Church Needs Is a Good Lay ... On Its Side (1972) Loving Women/Loving Men: Gay Liberation and the Church (1974) A Feminist Tarot (1976) The Wanderground (1978) "The Sword and the Vessel Versus the Lake on the Lake" (1979) "The Future – If There Is One – Is Female" (1981) “Future Visions: Today’s Politics: Feminist Utopias in Review” (1994) The Kanshou (2002) The Magister (2003) Personal life Gearhart knew from the age of ten that she would have no children, and in college, she discovered that she was a lesbian. She read lesbian novels but destroyed them early in her career as she did not want her sexual identity revealed. Her partner was Jane Gurko, a fellow professor at San Francisco State University, until the latter's death in 2010. Gearhart spent her later years in Willits, California, before moving to a care home in nearby Ukiah, California. After a long illness, she died in Ukiah on July 14, 2021, at the age of 90. Legacy The Sally Miller Gearhart Fund for lesbian studies was established by Carla Blumberg, one of Gearhart's former students, in January 2008 at the University of Oregon. It was created to promote research and teaching in lesbian studies through an annual lecture series and an endowed professorship at the university. The first lecture was given by Arlene Stein of Rutgers University on May 27, 2009, and it was titled The Incredibly Shrinking Lesbian World and Other Queer Conundra. The Sally Miller Gearhart Papers (1956–1999) are held at the Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Gearhart is an entry in the 2003 dictionary-like book The A to Z of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage, by JoAnne Myers. Gearhart was portrayed by Carrie Preston in the 2017 miniseries When We Rise, which dealt with the evolution of the LGBT community in San Francisco and advancement of LGBT civil rights in America. In 2022 a feature documentary about Gearhart is in the making directed by documentarian Deborah Craig. References Further reading External links Official website Guide to the Sally Miller Gearhart papers