![]() ![]() She created and led its Archives Committee for many years. In recent years, she organized “Song Swaps” for local musicians to share traditional songs and new arrangements.Īnne was one of the early members of the North Fork Women for Women Fund which provides health care grants to women on the North Fork. She was an ardent folklorist and collector of early American folk songs and built her own dulcimers to play on. She also organized a number of theatrical presentations to help celebrate women’s liberation activities in New York City. ![]() She authored the nonfiction book, “Wolf Girls at Vassar,” about lesbian lives on campus in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.Īnne spent her career as a teacher in New York City, teaching theater and performance at The Dalton School and Horace Mann Preparatory School. She taught countless friends to fish, clam, kayak and sail in the waters around Orient.Īnne graduated from Vassar College and was a supporter of the college her whole life, honored in 2010 for her leadership in lesbian and gay activities on campus. This began a lifelong love of the North Fork and its natural habitat. The late Anne MacKay (deceased 2012 at the age of 84) first visited Orient to stay with her grandparents who lived “on the hill” there. ![]()
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