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Interview no. | G-0055 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | G.1. Southern Women: Individual Biographies |
Project description | Interviews, 1964-1991 (bulk 1970s), focusing on women's participation in movements for social change. Many deal with southern women active in reform movements between the 1910s women's suffrage movement and the 1960s feminist movement and explore the interaction between the private lives and public activities of women representing various social classes and races. Interviewees include women involved in labor and workers' education movements; African American and white women active in the civil rights movement; and women who, in addition to their contributions to these reform movements, also pursued professional careers. |
Date | 19 February 1976 |
Interviewee | Seeman, Elizabeth. |
Interviewee occupation |
Artists Authors and publishers |
Interviewee DOB | 1904 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Conway, Mimi. |
Abstract | Early life in Chicago; independence and preference for rural settings as child; pioneer ancestry; art training and first marriage to artist; early married life in Augusta, KY; early dislike for conventional religion; move to New York City and impact of Depression; fascination of New York, its culture and new ideas; Rivera's murals and political beliefs; influence of Scott Neering; oppressiveness of city; move to Chicago, divorce, and remarriage to writer; decision to live in a "wild and beautiful and unspoiled place"; move to Tumbling Creek, TN; suspicion and hostility of neighbors during Wartime; FBI investigation due to radical beliefs; establishment of "cabin library" and its impact; friendships with mountain people; deterioration of vision; sacrifices for husband's work; poverty; work as governess in Cincinnati; return to mountains and publication of children's book; education; note-taking and publication of In the Arms of the Mountain; numerous radical visitors; toughening of spirit; experiences in face of fear; definition of personal success, based on independence. |
Subject Topical |
Women authors--Southern States. Women artists--Southern States. |
Citation | Interview with Elizabeth Seeman by Mimi Conway, 19 February 1976 G-0055, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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