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Interview no. | L-0295 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-2010, about the Campus Y and Anne Queen, its director, 1964-1975. The Campus Y, a student organization founded in 1859, was active in integrating the University of North Carolina's undergraduate program, the local civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, overturning the Speaker Ban Law, the Foodworkers' Strikes of 1969 and 1970, anti-apartheid work, and other major social movements. Interviewees include former Y student leaders, alumni, staff, and University administrators, who focus on the significance of the Y, with reflections on social movements, the development of social consciousness, staff support, student leadership and community, and work in post-college life. |
Date | April 13 2010 |
Interviewee | Fox, Gay Currie. |
Interviewee occupation |
Nurses Volunteers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Vaughan, Hudson. |
Abstract | Gay Currie Fox was executive director of the YWCA from 1948 to 1958; she assumed this title after a friend stepped down from the position. Fox describes her time at the Y as demanding; during her tenure, she participated in group discussions and meetings which focused on addressing the changing times, and worked with female students who wanted to volunteer in the community. Fox cites the return of the GIs, racial issues and gender issues as specific controversies that highlighted her work at the Y, and describes the speakers she helped bring to the university, ranging from Billy Graham to Eleanor Roosevelt. She also describes her international travel experiences and her job as a nurse in rural North Carolina and Iran. Fox says her experience at the Y was eye-opening and useful for her life after leaving school; this experience exposed her to diversity and to many alternative ways of thinking, which carried into her career. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Interview Database |
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Interview no. | L-0295 |