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Interview no. | U-0593 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | U.16. Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
Project description | Interviews, 2010 onward, that focus on women's activism and gender dynamics, which were central to the freedom movement and the backlash against it. Topics include reproductive activism, both anti-abortion and pro-choice; the emergence of second-wave feminism in the mountain South and its links to the civil rights movement; the War on Poverty and challenges to job discrimination inspired by Title VII; and the entry of women into the University of North Carolina. Interviews from Knoxville, Tenn., and surrounding areas focus on faith-based activism in Appalachia and its relation to feminism. |
Date | November 23 2009 |
Interviewee | Rutledge, Mark. |
Interviewee occupation | Ministers |
Interviewee DOB | 1934 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mobley, Christina Frances. |
Abstract | Mark Rutledge begins this interview by discussing his early religious and educational experiences, including his decision to attend seminary. Upon graduation, he took a position in campus ministry at San Jose State University, and he describes some of the cultural changes that took place during his time there in the mid 1960s. He later took a position at Iowa State University to work with anti-war students and non-violent activism on campus. He reflects on his personal stance on and involvement with various civil rights and social justice issues. In particular, Rutledge describes how he became involved with abortion counseling in Iowa in 1968 through Clergy Consultation, and he also reflects on the Roe v. Wade decision. Rutledge discusses his doctoral work in Illinois, which focused on abortion counseling, and his role in the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights in New Mexico. In the 1990s, he took a position as campus minister at Duke University. He discusses the political climate in North Carolina in the late 2000s relating to abortion and women’s rights. |
Citation | Interview with Mark Rutledge by Christina Mobley, November 23 2009 U-0593, 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. | U0593_Audio |