May, Susan, 1941-

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Mary Jo Duncanson. Susan May begins her interview talking about her parents. She then talks about how her grandmother, Dorothy Knight, influenced her life, and how there was a contrast and tension between her father and grandfather that shaped their family. May was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, but moved around as a child. She went to stay with relatives to attend the Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. That school was a kind of prep school which helped her enter...

Abstract:

Susan May established the Council on Battered Women, and, as President of the Board and then Director, she nurtured a small task force to become a broadly-based community organization and built a comprehensive program of crisis line, shelter, children's program, and educational services. Her papers, 1979-circa 1985, include printed material, correspondence, and an original manuscript by a Council on Battered Women staff member.