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Interview no. | U-0415 |
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 | May 24 2010 |
Interviewee | DeSelm, Bee. |
Interviewee occupation |
Musicians Civic leaders |
Interviewee DOB | 1925 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Donnally, Jennifer. |
Abstract | Bee DeSelm begins the interview with a discussion of her childhood in Columbus, Ohio. She also talks about her experience growing up during the Depression; World War II; Nursing degree from Ohio State University during WWII; discrimination she faced as a woman in early nursing career; and early experiences with her husband and children. She directs the discussion toward her roles in social and political arenas, including her involvement in the League of Women Voters in Knoxville, Tenn.; her role as a Republican on the Knox County Commission; the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church; the Knoxville Women’s Center; opinions on state and national politics from the 1980s through 2010; and her stance as a feminist. |
Subject Name | Ohio State University. |
Subject Geographic |
Columbus (Ohio) Murfreesborough (Tenn.) Knoxville (Tenn.) |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], 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. | U0415_Audio |