100 WOMEN WE LOVE 2008
Lily Tomlin’s extraordinary career as a funny lady bloomed on the TV show Laugh-In in 1969, the year of the Stonewall rebellion. Fittingly, she has woven feminism and LGBT life into her characters—the not-so-hardworking phone operator Ernestine, Violet Newstead in 9 to 5 and the numerous personas populating The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, the one-woman play written by Tomlin’s partner Jane Wagner, for which Tomlin won a Tony Award. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for her turn as Linnea Reese in Robert Altman’s Nashville, played recurring roles on TV shows from Murphy Brown to The West Wing, and has won six Emmys, a Grammy, and a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1977. Tomlin, who has called Wagner the most influential person in her life and career, narrated 1995’s landmark LGBT documentary The Celluloid Closet. –KL
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Hats off to the 100 Women We Love, class of 2008 (in no particular order, ’cause we love ’em all!).
Lisa Henderson
When Lisa Henderson took a resort trip with lesbian travel company Olivia in 1995, she couldn’t have guessed that she’d be its General Manager 12 years later. But after founding several technology companies and launching more than 120 products and services around the world for companies like Microsoft, McAfee and eBay, Henderson is just what Olivia needs to remain competitive in an ever-growing queer travel market. “We can partner and grow with non-competitive businesses,” says Henderson, who hopes to see many more lesbian-owned businesses with the longevity and loyalty of Olivia. “We are in the position to partner, and that’s the win.” –LL
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