Elizabeth Ingram oral history interview, August 3, 2017
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Karen Stephens. In this interview, Beth Ingram describes her experience with political activity, including working on a congressional campaign in the 1970s and marching in Washington, D.C. to support the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1980s. She talks about various ways that her father was also politically active. Ingram describes making the decision to attend the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women with a group of friends, and she relates her experience there to her experience marching in the 1980s. She details her positive experiences at the march and talks about how the energy of the march galvanized her to stay politically involved since the march ended. She discusses her family throughout the interview, including her two children and her sister and their varying levels of political involvement.
Dates
- Creation: August 3, 2017
Creator
- Ingram, Elizabeth, 1947- (Interviewee, Person)
Restrictions on Access
Oral history available for research.
Biographical Note
Elizabeth (Beth) Ingram was born in 1947 in Atlanta, Ga. She lived in a wide variety of cities and states before moving back to Atlanta. Ingram worked as a nurse before retiring.
Extent
1 Item(s) (video (35:00 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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