Cathy Cade

Early life and education Cade was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 24, 1942. She grew up in the South and the Midwest. While attending college, Cade participated in the Southern civil rights movement. In 1969, Cade received a PhD in sociology from Tulane University in New Orleans. In 1989 she shared her photographs "showing the strength, diversity and pride of lesbians" at a presentation in Davis.

In late 2000, she started her business "Cathy Cade: Personal Histories, Photo Organizing and Photography". She died from complications of dementia at her home in Berkeley, California, on November 16, 2024, at the age of 82.

Publications A Lesbian Photo Album: The Lives of Seven Lesbian Feminists. (Oakland, Ca: Waterwomen Books, 1987). Woman Controlled Conception by Sarah and Mary Anonymous, drawings by Billie Mericle, copyright 1979 by Womanshare Books. Produced and distributed by UnionWAGE.

Selected exhibitions Cade was featured in the three person exhibit LESBIANS SEEING LESBIANS: Building Community in Early Feminist Photography at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in 2011.

Collections Cade's work is held in permanent collections including:

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

Oakland Museum of California San Francisco History Center

Awards and fellowships 2004—Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Award: Honoring Extraordinary Lesbians Over 60