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Interview no. | U-0635 |
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 | 6 June 2012 |
Interviewee | Mize, Bonnie Wilkinson, 1962- |
Interviewee occupation |
Volunteers Non-profit organization employees |
Interviewee DOB | 1962 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Bridges, Joshua W. |
Abstract | Overview of Bonnie Mize's struggles with addiction, time spent in the “God Did It” recovery home for women and current position with the facility. She elaborates on the program's founding, history, and direction. Mize describes a strict upbringing with loving parents, and attributes this as a reason why she was able to beat addiction. She describes struggling with addiction for many years, and how it caused her family to abandon her; which ultimately engendered her desire to help other women who face addiction problems |
Citation | Interview with Bonnie Mize by Joshua W. Bridges, 6 June 2012 U-0635, 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. | U0635_Audio |