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Interview no. | G-0053 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | G.1. Southern Women: Individual Biographies |
Project description | Interviews, 1964-1991 (bulk 1970s), focusing on women's participation in movements for social change. Many deal with southern women active in reform movements between the 1910s women's suffrage movement and the 1960s feminist movement and explore the interaction between the private lives and public activities of women representing various social classes and races. Interviewees include women involved in labor and workers' education movements; African American and white women active in the civil rights movement; and women who, in addition to their contributions to these reform movements, also pursued professional careers. |
Date | 12 June 1974 |
Interviewee | Rogers, Grace Hemphill. |
Interviewee occupation | Political activists |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Myers, Constance Ashton. |
Abstract | Robert Hemphill's interest in equal rights for women; Hemphill family and situation; Robert Hemphill's participation in women's rights conventions and state politics; Hannah Coleman: family, membership in local organizations; Grace Rogers's political involvement in Abbeville; community reaction to Hannah Coleman's activities; Robert Hemphill's family background; Hannah Coleman's political activities; Grace Rogers's: experiences on city council of Abbeville, interest in social issues, philosophy of social classes, writing column for Anderson Independent, previous work experience; Hannah Coleman's and Grace Rogers's involvement in Civic Club of Abbeville; activities of other Hemphill sisters; background of prominent families in Abbeville. |
Subject Topical | Women--Suffrage--South Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Grace Hemphill Rogers by Constance Ashton Myers, 12 June 1974 G-0053, 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. | G0053_Audio_1 |