Queer Places:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550
Heather Smith (1920-2000) is the female name of a person who lived as a man but dressed in female clothing in private. Smith served in the United States Army during World War II and was married to a Women's Army Corps veteran after the war. The couple settled in Oakland, California, where Smith worked at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. They had two daughters, and divorced in 1979. Smith cross-dressed on occasion when his children were young but was able to dress in female clothes more often after the divorce, largely remaining inside the home while doing so. Smith's daughter says Smith always used masculine pronouns and suggests he would have thought of himself as "he in drag."
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