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Interview no. | U-0479 |
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 | August 13 2010 |
Interviewee | Colette, Marian. |
Interviewee occupation |
Teachers Women's rights activists |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Wilkerson, Jessie. |
Abstract | Marian Colette moved to the Cumberland Mountains in the 1970s to work with some of the Glenmary Sisters who were involved in community projects. She eventually became a central figure in Mountain Women’s Exchange, a women’s collective and education program in Jellico, Tenn. Marian Groover discusses how she came to move to Williamsburg, Ky., near the border of Tenn. in the Cumberland Mountains, to work with women on developing leadership skills. She discusses how Mountain Women’s Exchange developed, beginning with workshops and growing into an umbrella organization for a thrift shop, college programs, and job training. She talks about the main issues she saw in rural Appalachia, from insufficient housing to maternal health issues and strip-mining. She discusses her perception of the women’s movement and how her work relates to feminism. She describes the state of local politics in Williamsburg, Ky., and her current community and political activities in the town. This interview is part of the Southern Oral History Program’s project to document the women’s movement in the American South. |
Subject Name | Alverno College. |
Subject Geographic |
Milwaukee (Wis.) Jellico (Tenn.) Chicago (Ill.) Williamsburg (Ky.) Whitley County (Ky.) |
Citation | Interview with Marian Colette by Jessie Wilkerson, August 13 2010 U-0479, 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. | U0479_Audio |