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Interview no. | U-0993 |
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 | 12 May 2011 |
Interviewee | Stulberg, Dorothy, 1925- |
Interviewee occupation | Attorneys |
Interviewee DOB | 1925 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Fink, Joey Ann. |
Abstract | Dorothy Stulberg was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1925. She received a Bachelor of Science in home economics from Iowa State, married, and moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with her husband. In this interview, Stulberg describes her early life experiences, including higher education, teaching, moving to east Tennessee, and becoming involved in various non-profit and community outreach activism as a wife and mother in the 1960s. She tells stories of working in poor mountain communities, working with the League of Women Voters, and with various religious organizations. Stulberg then goes on to describe her decision to return to school later in life, after her children had grown, to get a law degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and then starting her own law firm with fellow graduate, Ann Mostoller (also interviewed). She argued many civil rights and equal opportunity cases, and describes many of these cases, as well her work in criminal defense. Stulberg also discusses her legal work on cases to lift restrictions on female athletes and to enforce Title IX legislation in Tennessee. Stulberg relates her perspectives on feminism, struggles for gender equality, and the way that women’s lives have changed over the past fifty years. She reflects on her achievements, her family, and her community. This interview is part of the Southern Oral History Program’s effort to document the women’s movement in the American South. |
Citation | Interview with Dorothy Stulberg by Joey Ann Fink, 12 May 2011 U-0620, 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. | U0993_Audio |