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Interview no. | G-0148 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | G.2.3. Southern Women: Special Focus: Women's Leadership and Grassroots Activism |
Project description | Interviews, 1993-1998, concentrating on the experiences of women leaders and attempting to redefine leadership to encompass women's efforts in grassroots movements, especially in environmental movements, community development, and self-help organizations. Many interviews were done by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students; five were conducted by Holloway Sparks with three North Carolina lesbian activists for a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill dissertation on the role of political courage in enabling activism and dissent; and there is also one interview by Pam Grundy with North Carolina State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow. |
Date | 2 December 1994 |
Interviewee | Kluttz, Margaret H. |
Interviewee occupation | Mayors |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Collett, Betsy J. |
Abstract | Margaret Kluttz was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and went on to become the first woman mayor of Salisbury, North Carolina. While she claims she grew up in a traditional, southern family, she enumerates her father's support of her and her sisters breaking gender norms. At eight years old, she moved to Salisbury, where she completed her primary and secondary education. She attended Greensboro College where she majored in Speech and Hearing Pathology. Following, she married her husband George and settled down in Salisbury. Currently in her second term as mayor, she previously served one term as a city-council member. She discusses the benefits of the non-partisan, at-large elections that Salisbury holds. She notes that the city has had both people of color and women serve on the city council. As a woman, she claims that she has more time to be accessible and available to the people than did the men before her. Connected with the historical preservation movement, she spurred many initiatives to aid the downtown and city. Her work with several major projects has allowed her the chance to further break down gender roles. Willing to stand up for her ideas, she describes the flak she received for supporting a billboard initiative in the city. She was a witness to the Greensboro sit-in movement, though she did not participate. She is thankful to her mother and mother-in-law for supporting her family and allowing her the chance to run for mayor. She ends the interview by discussing the excitement she feels in making decisions for the community and working to accomplish a vision. |
Citation | Interview with Margaret H. Kluttz by Betsy J. Collett, 2 December 1994 G-0148, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | G0148_Audio |