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Activist Women Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: W071

Scope and Contents of the Oral History Project

The ongoing and growing Activist Women Oral History Project contains over 40 oral history interviews.

Dates

  • Creation: 2005-2016

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Access to some interviews restricted. See notes in Contents List for access details.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

History of the Activist Women Oral History Project

The Activist Women Oral History Project was established in 2006, and forms part of the Archives for Research on Women. 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.

Early 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.

Extent

43 Item(s) (43 oral history interviews)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Activist Women Oral History Project was established in 2006, and forms part of the Archives for Research on Women. 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. The ongoing and growing Activist Women Oral History Project contains over 40 oral history interviews.

Arrangement

Interviews listed alphabetically by last name of interviewee.

Acquisition Information

Some oral histories are donated while some were created by Special Collections personnel from the beginning in 2006.

Online Access

A number of interviews are available in GSU Digital Collections or the University Library Youtube page.

Title
Activist Women Oral History Project
Subtitle
A Guide to the Interviews at Georgia State University Library
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Hal Hansen
Date
September 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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