Annabelle Walker oral history interview [sound recording], 1999 September 24.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Annabelle Walker oral history interview [sound recording], 1999 September 24.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/289028990

Walker describes her childhood spent in college towns. She describes her experiences in beauty contests while majoring in Speech Therapy at Louisiana State University. After some moving around, Walker and her young family came to Atlanta, where she enrolled in Georgia State University's Early Childhood Education Program. She says that it was through her sociology classes that she first learned about the Women's Movement, and that her consciousness was raised immediately. Walker says that while she was studying Early Childhood Education, she became aware of sex-role stereotyping. Walker joined NOW and describes the issues that NOW focused on and her experiences speaking to various groups about women's issues. Walker describes moving to New Orleans in 1972, shortly after her divorce. She says that within six months of her move, she was president of the local chapter of NOW, and co-coordinator of the Louisiana ERA Coalition. She recounts the many demonstrations and rallies she attended. Walker says that her activism waned after she started Law School.

2 sound cassettes : analog.2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.transcript 63 leaves ; 28 cm.

Georgia State University

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7266765

Georgia State University

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Durand, Joyce Jenkins, 1939-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n31r7c (person)

Joyce Jenkins Durand was born in Ducktown, TN in 1939. She received a B.S. in elementary education, a master's of librarianship, and a Ph. D. in educational leadership. Durand formally served as coordinator of media services for the Rockdale County School System, assistant professor in the School of Education at West Georgia College, as well as the school librarian of Atlanta City schools. Durand was also a member of the Atlanta National Organization for Women (ca. 1971-1978), serving as secreta...

National Organization for Women

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t5d2b (corporateBody)

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was formed in Washington D.C. in 1966, and incorporated in 1967. The organization was formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of society, assuming all privileges and responsibilities in fully equal partnership with men. Local chapters were formed throughout the country and task forces were set up to deal with problems of women in areas such as employment, education, religion, poverty, law, politics, and image in the media....

Walker, Annabelle (Annabelle Hoppe), 1940-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v73qb9 (person)

Annabelle Hoppe Walker was born in 1940 in Pineville, Kentucky. Walker worked as a speech therapist, a first grade teacher, and an early learning teacher before becoming an attorney. She is currently Deputy City Attorney for the City of New Orleans. She holds B.A., M. Ed., and J.D. degrees. In addition to teaching and practicing law, Walker was actively involved in women's advocacy in the 1970s. She served as president of the New Orleans N.O.W. chapter from 1972 until 1975 and was the state co-c...