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Interview no. | U-0629 |
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 | 1 June 2012 |
Interviewee | Elmore, Bessie, 1948- |
Interviewee occupation |
Women's rights activists Managers |
Interviewee DOB | 1948 |
Interviewee ethnicity | African Americans |
Interviewer |
Tapia, Wendy. Shields, Justin Nicholas. |
Abstract | Overview of where she was raised; overview of abusive marriage and reasons she wanted to stay in the marriage; aftermath of leaving her husband; experience at the women’s shelter; experiences during the segregation era and the Civil Rights Movement; college experience; father’s experiences during the segregation era; progress in Women’s Movement; changes in demographics of women coming to the shelter in recent years; role in Women’s Movement and at the agency; dealing with emotional stresses of her job; anecdotes of emotionally intense experiences working at the shelter; future professional aspirations within the Women’s Movement; improvements within the Durham Crisis Response Center and its surrounding community. |
Citation | Interview with Bessie Elmore by Wendy Tapia and Justin Nicholas Shields, 1 June 2012 U-0629, 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. | U0629_Audio |