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Interview no. | U-1061 |
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 | 11 December 2012 |
Interviewee | Shoemaker, Nancy. |
Interviewee occupation | Consultants |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Fink, Joey Ann. |
Abstract | Nancy Shoemaker was interviewed as part of the “Long Women’s Movement in the American South” project, by SOHP Field Scholar Joey Fink and SOHP intern Ivanna Gonzalez. Ms. Shoemaker’s interview contains memories, reflections, and insights on: attending Swathmore College in the late 1960s and early 1970s and student activism there; getting married and starting a career in the 1970s; the national women’s movement, particularly the importance of taking “Ms.” as her title and reading Ms. Magazine; women in higher education and in math and the sciences; and being involved with North Carolina women’s groups, in particular, NC Women United and American Association of University Women. This interview is part of the Southern Oral History Program’s project to document the women’s movement in the American South since the 1960s. This interview is part of the Southern Oral History Program’s project to document the women’s movement in the American South since the 1960s. |
Citation | Interview with Nancy Shoemaker by Joey Ann Fink, 11 December 2012 U-1061, 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. | U1061_Audio |