Activist Life Oral History Project, 2008-2008

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Activist Life Oral History Project, 2008-2008

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An Activist Life Oral History Project is a collection of life histories of women who have dedicated their lives to social and political activism. The project documents both the diversity and the persistence of women's activism, as organizers and as cultural workers, in a variety of social movements such as women's health, economic justice, LGBT liberation, peace, education, and environmental sustainability. Narrators include educators and academics; musicians, writers, and artists; as well as community and religious leaders. They come from a variety of class, ethnic, racial, social, and geographic backgrounds. Interviews cover childhood and growing up experiences; education and employment; activism and politics; family, identity, relationships and community. Oral histories of the following activists/feminists: Lois Ahrens, Joan Ballas, Joyce Berkman, Annie Cheatham, Maria Cuerda, Frances Crowe, Delight Dodyk, Merle Feld, Barbara Hammer, Sue Hyde, Leslea Newman, Jane Pincus, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Tiik Pollet, and Christine Shelton.

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Ahrens, Lois

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Pollet, Tiik.

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Cuerda, Maria.

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Newman, LesleĢa

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Pincus, Jane.

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Shelton, Christine M.

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Professor, Exercise and Sport Studies From the description of Christine M. Shelton papers, 1986-2007 (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 489215634 ...

Crowe, Frances

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Pacifist; Political activist. Born Carthage, Missouri, 1919; graduated Stephens College (Columbia, MO), 1939; Syracuse University in 1941; graduate work, Columbia University and New School for Social Research. Married Thomas Crowe, 1945, and moved to Northampton, MA; three children. Active in the Society of Friends and the American Friends' Service Committee, particularly the Peace and Social Concerns Committee. Became Western Massachusetts Representative for the AFSC in 1980s. During the Vietna...

Cheatham, Annie.

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Feld, Merle, 1947-....

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Hammer, Barbara, 1970-

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Hyde, Sue

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Ballas, Joan.

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Pogrebin, Letty Cottin

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Born in New York City, 9 June 1939. Graduated from Brandeis University in 1959. She began her career in book publishing as an editorial assistant and director of publicity and subsidiary rights at the publishing house of Bernard Geis Associates. Her journalistic career has included freelance writing for the New York Times, TV Guide, Boardroom Reports, and Good Housekeeping, among others. She contributed "The Working Woman" column to Ladies' Home Journal from 1971 to 1981. A founder of Ms. magazi...

Berkman, Joyce Avrech

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Dodyk, Delight W. (Delight Wing)

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