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Fowlkes, Diane L., 1939-2020

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Civic and Neighborhood History oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: Y021
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Atlanta Civic and Neighborhood History Oral History Collection contains interviews with activists and lawyers from the city of Atlanta.

Dates: 2009-2014

Diane Fowlkes oral history interview, September 27, 1995

 Item — Othertype Oral History
Identifier: Fowlkes, D_19950927
Scope and Contents Interviewed by Dana Von Tilborg: Fowlkes recounts her childhood, her education, and the events that triggered her interest in the Women’s Movement. She describes the Civil Rights Movement as the model for the Women’s Rights Movement and discusses how it influenced women to work toward changing laws in order to further integrate society. Fowlkes was involved in the Strike for Women’s Equality, the Feminist Action Alliance, the socialist-feminist movement, as well as the schism within the...
Dates: September 27, 1995

Diane L. Fowlkes papers

 Collection
Identifier: W018
Abstract:

Fowlkes began her 25-year career as a professor at Georgia State in 1973, rising through the ranks from Assistant to Associate Professor in 1980, and to full Professor in 1992. The papers and manuscripts of the collection shed light on many facets of Dr. Fowlkes' career at Georgia State, including her promotions to Associate Professor in 1980 and Full Professor in 1992, her teaching activities, and her committee work (Series II).

Dates: circa 1959-1998; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1994

Georgia Women's Movement Oral History project

 Collection
Identifier: W008
Abstract

The Georgia Women's Movement Oral History Collection began in 1995 as part of the Georgia Women's Movement Project, a joint undertaking of the Women's Studies Institute of Georgia State University and the Special Collections Department of the University Library. Although the focus of the collection has been the Equal Rights Amendment, also covered are many topics relating to the lives of women throughout the twntieth and twenty-first centuries.

Dates: 1995-2010

Georgia Women's Movement Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: W016
Abstract:

In June 1995, the Special Collections Department of the Georgia State University Library initiated a project to build archival collections in women's history. The collection includes materials (manuscript materials, invitations and programs, flyers, audio recordings, photographs, and artifacts) documenting the history and activities of the Georgia Women's Movement Project.

Dates: 1995-[ongoing]

Jeffrey Gordon Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: W009
Abstract:

Jeffrey Gordon Jones has worked as a software engineer and a research scientist (1979-1992) and as a part-time instructor in the History Department at Georgia State University (September 1995-March 1996). The Jeffrey G. Jones Collection consists of research materials collected by Jones from 1993 to 1995 in the process of writing his thesis, Georgia and the ERA, for his master's degree in history at Georgia State University.

Dates: 1993-1995

Oral history interview abstracts -- Fowlkes, Diane, April 6, 1995

 File — Box 2: Series I, Folder: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection: The Jeffrey G. Jones Collection consists of research materials collected by Jones from 1993 to 1995 in the process of writing his thesis, Georgia and the ERA, for his master's degree in history at Georgia State University. Included are a copy of the thesis, items related to its completion (list of deadlines, thesis prospectus, procedures for conducting oral history interviews, and a computer diskette of research notes), and research files compiled...
Dates: April 6, 1995

Women in the Legislature (P2000-01), 1987-1989

 Series
Identifier: Series C:
Scope and Contents of the Series

This series of interviews was conducted by Georgia State University political science professor Diane Fowlkes with eight prominent women politicians in Georgia.

Dates: 1987-1989

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Type
Collection 5
Archival Object 3
 
Subject
Atlanta (Ga.) 3
Equal rights amendments 3
Feminism 3
Georgia 3
oral histories (document genres) 3