Oral history interview with Sara-Jayne Parsons, 1997 December 17.

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Parsons, Sara-Jayne, 1968-. Oral history interview with Sara-Jayne Parsons, 1997 December 17.

Oral history interview with Sara-Jayne Parsons, 1997 December 17.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317403145

Interview with Sara-Jayne Parsons, a graduate student, concerning her experiences in working with women's issues at the University of North Texas, 1993-97. Early education on the Isle of Man and in England; family background; influence of her widowed mother; sex discrimination in high school; relationship with her younger brother; searching for career choices; difficult teenage years; college years at Oxford Polytechnic College; student activism at Oxford Polytechnic; origins of her interest in women's issues; abusive relationship with her boyfriend; scholarship to attend the University of Idaho, 1990-91; experiences in the Visual Arts Program at the University of North Texas, 1995-97; introduction to women's studies classes; influence of UNT professor Dr Susan Platt; her interest in women in art; her activities with the Women's Roundtable and Celebrating Women; her organizing an exhibition of women artists for Women's History Month; her master's thesis about British sculptor Rachel Whiteread; her interest in the social, political and economic implications of art; pressure from her thesis advisor to adopt a more feminist approach toward her master's thesis; gender bias among UNT faculty and administrators; her dilemma concerning giving priority to feminism or class consciousness in teaching.

156 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT