Mickey Gillmor oral history interview, April 21, 2017

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Identifier: GillmorM_L2017-20

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Mickey Gillmor oral history

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. Gillmor talks about the influence her parents had on her life, and how her early political views were shaped by her father and the boarding school she attended. She explains how she came to be interested in nursing and midwifery, and talks about her long career in the field. Gillmor talks about her involvement with the Great Speckled Bird in the mid-1970s, and the relationships she has maintained with people who were also involved with the publication.

Dates

Creation: April 21, 2017

Creator

Gillmor, Mickey (Interviewee, Person)

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Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note:

Mickey Gillmor was born in Washington DC on September 10, 1942. Her parents divorced when she was five years old, but both parents maintained an active role in her life. Her father was a writer and philanthropist who enrolled Gillmor in a liberal boarding school when she was 14. She went on to attend Radcliffe College (now a part of Harvard). Gillmor attended nursing school at Emory, and later became a midwife. She spent much of her career working at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. While raising her first child, Gillmor volunteered her time as a copy editor for the Great Speckled Bird.