Sheila Kuehl
When Kuehl was elected as a Democrat to the California Assembly in 1994 a Republican majority was seated for the first time in 20 years. This was due largely as an out-flowing of the enthusiasm stoked up by Newt Gingrich's strategy supporting Republicans for the Federal Legislature. Kuehl recalled "The Republican majority was quite a different kind of Republican, not a moderate, not a Rockefeller Republican. They were primarily Bible-thumpers and very right-wing. So it was not the most welcoming Republican group, though they loved Zelda Gilroy, and it was very difficult for them because they already liked me so much…. And to their surprise, we all got along very well. ...The Republicans were pretty horrible about LGBT stuff. They all virtually said stuff like, 'Well, they're all spawn of the devil, oh, but not you, Sheila….'"
Sheila Pinkel
Sheila Mae Pinkel (born 1941) is an American artist best known for her cameraless photography work. Her artwork has environmental and political themes, with series about nuclear reactors, U.S. involvement in El Salvador, prisons and the lack of natural grown foods. Sheila Pinkel was born in Newport News, Virginia. She attended Santa Monica High School and University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts in Art/Sculpture, 1963) before getting her MFA in Art/Photography from UCLA in 1977. From 1986 - 2012 she was a Professor of Art at Pomona College in California.