The interviews are both biographical and topical covering such themes as family and class identity, the influence of the institutions of the political left and/or the church, love, and death. These summaries are based off the notes of Miriam Frank. Summaries of content are also located in the Scope and Contents note for each tape. Possible alternate spellings of interviewee names and/or pseudonyms are noted in the Scope and Contents note of that interview. "The collection consists of 79 interviews conducted by Miriam Frank in 1994-2009. If you would like to access any of the interviews, please contact the Women and Gender Collections Archivist." The collection will be updated on a regular basis. This digital collection is a work in progess, as many of the interviews have not yet been fully processed. In all instances, audio use copies are available on CD-roms, and some video interviews are available on DVDs. This project is broad in scope, and the subject matter includes domestic violence, women's health and reproductive justice, politics, policy making and the law, child sex trafficking, philanthropy, community activism, art and culture, equality in the workplace, civil rights, and LGBTQ activism.Įarly interviews were recorded on audio cassettes, and more recent interviews have been recorded using either a digital audio recorder or a video recorder, or a video recorder in conjunction with an audio recorder. "The Activist Women Oral History Project was established in 2006, and forms part of the Archives for Research and Gender.
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