Mary Long oral history interview [sound recording], 1999 May 13 & 20.

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Mary Long oral history interview [sound recording], 1999 May 13 & 20.

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Long begins by discussing some of the issues that brought her into the Women's Movement, such as the Civil Rights Movement, the economic disparity between men and women, and a woman's right to reproductive choice. She discusses the leadership of the Women's Movement in Georgia, as well as her own experiences as a volunteer lobbyist attempting to change Georgia's laws regarding abortion, domestic abuse, and economic disparity between men and women. Long discusses the racial issues that afflicted the Women's Movement in Georgia and offers her own insight into the "end" of the Women's Movement during the Reagan era.

3 sound cassettes : analog.3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.transcript 2 v. (14 leaves, 33 leaves) ; 28 cm.

Georgia State University

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