Elizabeth Knowlton oral history interview [sound recording], 1998 February 16.

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Elizabeth Knowlton oral history interview [sound recording], 1998 February 16.

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Knowlton discusses her personal, academic and professional background, and provides a basic history of the Women's Liberation Movement as an outcropping of socialism and feminism. She describes her involvement in a number of organizations including "Group 27," which started a day center called "Community School for People Under Six" and ALFA (Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance). The central issues contained in her oral history concern reproductive control, freedom from sexual abuse, daycare and sexuality. She also discusses the conflicts within the Women's Movement over the Equal Rights Amendment.

2 sound cassettes : analog.2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.ranscript 58 leaves ; 38 cm.

Georgia State University

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