Contents
Collection Overview
Project History
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Search Terms
Narrators
Original audiovisual recordings; electronic copies of transcripts; and closed portions of interviews.
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Voices of Feminism Oral History Project, 1990-2006Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Joyce Follet, Revan Schendler, and Burd Schlessinger.The project was made possible with generous support from the Ford Foundation.2007
| | | | | Title: | Voices of Feminism Oral History Project | | Dates: | 1990-2006 | | Abstract: |
Oral History Project documenting the persistence and diversity of organizing for women in the United States. Narrators include labor, peace, and anti-racism activists; artists and writers; lesbian rights advocates; grassroots anti-violence and anti-poverty organizers; and women of color reproductive justice leaders. Interviews cover childhood, personal life, and political work. Most oral histories consist of audiovisual recordings and transcripts, plus some background information.
| | Extent: | 78 boxes(30.75 linear ft.) | | Language: | English | | Identification: | MS 535 |
Dorothy Allison and Carmen Vazquez, November 19, 2007The Voices of Feminism Archival Development Project, funded by the Ford Foundation from 2002 to 2008, aims to bring race, class, and sexual diversity to the holdings of the Sophia Smith Collection. The project consists of several parts: a) searching for personal papers and organizational records of women of color, grassroots organizers, and others marginalized in traditional historical accounts, b) conducting oral histories, c) collaborating with Gloria Steinem as she works in her own papers and identifies potential donors, and d) developing plans for a video documentary series based on these new materials. Project staff have included Joyce Follet, director and oral historian; Kelly Anderson, oral historian; Sheila Flaherty-Jones, editor; Kathleen Banks Nutter, oral historian; Loretta Ross, consultant and oral historian; Revan Schendler, consultant and editor; Kate Weigand, oral historian. Interviews were also conducted by Martha Ackelsberg, Nancy MacLean, and Evelyn C. White. Return to the Table of Contents
The Voices of Feminism Oral History Project documents the persistence and diversity of organizing for women in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century. Narrators include labor, peace, and anti-racism activists; artists and writers; lesbian rights advocates; grassroots anti-violence and anti-poverty organizers; and women of color reproductive justice leaders. Interviews average 5-6 hours and cover childhood, personal life, and political work. Each narrator's document box includes the recorded interview (on dvds or video tapes, plus audio CDs); the unedited and edited transcripts; correspondence between interviewer and narrator; a biographical survey; and the interviewer's guide. Some narrators' files include background materials and photographs. Links to the full transcripts can be found in the Contents list. The SSC Web site also includes brief biographies and abstracts of interviews. List of narrators: Acey, Katherine, 1950- Alexander, Dolores, 1931-Allison, DorothyApuzzo, Virginia, 1941-Asetoyer, Charon, 1951-Avery, Byllye, 1937-Beal, Frances, 1940-Berek, Judith, 1943-Berkman, Brenda, 1951-Bewsee, Michaelann, 1947-Biren, Joan E. (JEB), 1944-Burnham, Linda, 1948-Casavant, Kathleen, 1951-Chavez-Thompson, Linda, 1944-Cook, Katsi, 1952-Diallo, Dázon DixonEdgar, Joanne, 1943-Foo, Lora Jo, 1951Frantz, Margaret, 1922-Fried, Marlene, 1945-Gilbert, Ronnie, 1926-Gould, Sara, 1951-Hayashi, Mary Chung, 1967-Henry, Fran, 1948-Hollibaugh, Amber L., 1946-Kollisch, Eva, 1925-Lerner, Gerda, 1920-Love, Barbara, 1937-MacKay, Anne, 1928-Martinez, Betita, 1925Martinez, Luz Alvarez, 1943-Miller, Geraldine, 1920-2005Moraga, Cherríe, 1952-Morales, Aurora Levins, 1954Morales, Rosario, 1930-Nelson, Marjory, 1928-Nussbaum, Karen, 1950-Payne, LaDoris, 1948Peterson, Jan, 1941-Pharr, Suzanne, 1939-Ports, Setsuko (Suki) Terada, 1934-Powell, Achebe Betty, 1940-Pratt, Minnie Bruce, 1946-Reeve, Patricia, 1953-Rodriguez, Luz, 1956-Roma, Catherine, 1948-Ross, Loretta J., 1953-Saika, Peggy, 1945-Sanchez, Graciela, 1960-Schneir, Miriam, 1933-Shelley, Martha, 1943-Smith, Barbara, 1946-Steinem, Gloria, 1934-Stout, Linda, 1954-Tax, Meredith, 1942-Thom, Mary, 1942-Touré, Nkenge, 1951-Vázquez, Carmen, 1949-Ward, Wynona Lund, 1951-Winslow, Barbara, 1945-Return to the Table of Contents
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| | 12 |
| Biren, Joan E. (JEB) |
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| | 15 |
| Chavez-Thompson, Linda |
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| | 16a |
| Diallo, Dázon Dixon |
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| | 24-25 |
| Hollibaugh, Amber L. |
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| | 28 |
| Lerner, Gerda [interview is audio only] |
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| | 32 |
| Martinez, Luz Alvarez |
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| | 35 |
| Morales, Aurora Levins |
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| | 42 |
| Ports, Setsuko (Suki) Terada |
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| | 43 |
| Powell, Achebe Betty |
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| | 47 |
| Roma, Catherine [includes six music CDs] |
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| | 56-77 |
| Original audiovisual recordings; electronic copies of transcripts; and closed portions of interviews. |
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