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Title: Adela Mancias oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004040
Creator: Walje, Ethan
Contributor: Mancias, Adela, 1953-
Topic: Zoning law, Hispanic American women, Social justice
Dates: 1974
1990-12-31
2021-02-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Adela Mancias conducted by Ethan Walje on February 27, 2021. Adela Mancias recounts her experiences growing up in Texas as a Mexican-American and how it led to her interest in activism. She discusses her work with the Raza Unida Party and Brown Berets in Austin, Texas, including her participation in protests against the Austin Boat Club races and the Ku Klux Klan march in Austin on February 19, 1983. She also discusses her work in organizing resistance to unfair zoning laws in East Austin and talks about her later documentary and radio work.

Title: Alicia Jarry oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004032
Creator: Randall, Elise
Contributor: Jarry, Alicia McCullough, 1944-
Topic: Abortion, Community health services, Mental health services, Reproductive rights
Dates: 1944-04
2021
2021-02-28
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Alicia Jarry conducted by Elise Randall on February 28, 2021 about her involvement with the People's Community Clinic.

Title: Allison Nash oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004037
Creator: Dehri, Zara
Contributor: Nash, Allison, 1951-
Topic: Childbirth at home, Midwifery, Women--Health, Community health services
Dates: 1971-05-03
1983-12-31
2021-02-22
2021-03-01
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Allison Nash conducted by Zara Dehri on February 22 and March 1, 2021. In this interview, Nash recounts her time as a midwife in Austin in the 1970s as part of A.L.M.A., or the Austin Lay Midwives Association. She mentions the social and financial aspects of why more and more women opted to have home births as opposed to in hospitals and clinics during the counterculture revolutions. Nash describes her experiences as a midwife, alongside other forms of activism such as anti-war protests, in specific detail.

Title: Allison Nash oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004037_0001
Creator: Dehri, Zara
Contributor: Nash, Allison, 1951-
Topic: Childbirth at home, Midwifery, Women--Health, Community health services
Dates: 1971-05-03
1983-12-31
2021-02-22
2021-03-01
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Allison Nash conducted by Zara Dehri on February 22 and March 1, 2021. In this interview, Nash recounts her time as a midwife in Austin in the 1970s as part of A.L.M.A., or the Austin Lay Midwives Association. She mentions the social and financial aspects of why more and more women opted to have home births as opposed to in hospitals and clinics during the counterculture revolutions. Nash describes her experiences as a midwife, alongside other forms of activism such as anti-war protests, in specific detail.

Title: Allison Nash oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004037_0002
Creator: Dehri, Zara
Contributor: Nash, Allison, 1951-
Topic: Childbirth at home, Midwifery, Women--Health, Community health services
Dates: 1971-05-03
1983-12-31
2021-02-22
2021-03-01
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Allison Nash conducted by Zara Dehri on February 22 and March 1, 2021. In this interview, Nash recounts her time as a midwife in Austin in the 1970s as part of A.L.M.A., or the Austin Lay Midwives Association. She mentions the social and financial aspects of why more and more women opted to have home births as opposed to in hospitals and clinics during the counterculture revolutions. Nash describes her experiences as a midwife, alongside other forms of activism such as anti-war protests, in specific detail.

Title: Alyce Guynn oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003940
Creator: Perkins-Edge, Maeve
Contributor: Guynn, Alyce
Topic: Women--Health, Education, Childbirth at home
Dates: 1966
1976
2017-11-10
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Alyce Guynn conducted by Maeve Perkins-Edge on November 10, 2017. The interview is a discussion about Guynn' activism in Austin, especially concerning the womens health clinics and raising awareness about the home birth movement

Title: Arleen Lawson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000667
Creator: Marshall, Zoe, Bear, Serena
Contributor: Lawson, Arleen
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-1975), African Americans--Education, Feminism, College teachers, Segregation, Underground newspapers
Dates: 1965-08-18
1969-05-16
2019-03-18
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Arleen Lawson conducted by Zoë Marshall and Serena Bear on March 18, 2019.

Title: Barbara Hines oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003942
Creator: Ponthier, Ella
Contributor: Hines, Barbara, 1947-
Topic: Abortion, Abortion--Laws and legislation, Underground newspapers
Dates: 1947
1975
2017-11-02
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Barbara Hines conducted by Ella Ponthier on November 2, 2017. Hines discusses her involvement as a female activist during her years at the University of Texas-Austin. She was involved with the Women's Liberation Movement in Austin, the Rag, an alternative newspaper; the birth control center; and the abortion center.

Title: Cynthia E. Orozco oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004028
Creator: Zavala, Adely
Contributor: Orozco, Cynthia
Topic: Feminism, Mexican American women, College student newspapers and periodicals, Education
Dates: 1976-05-08
1990-05-08
2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Cynthia E. Orozco conducted by Adely Zavala on February 26, 2021. Cynthia briefly discusses her family and background. She describes Chicano student life on UT campus during the late 70’s. Cynthia details her involvement with the Chicano Culture Committee and Center for Mexican American Studies. She speaks about her academic involvement on Campus and how it led to her attending the National Association of Chicano Studies conference in Colorado Springs. She describes her criticisms on sexism within Chicano studies and how she became a feminist. She founded a Chicana consciousness-raising group to talk about issues. She briefly speaks about her involvement with La Raza Unida and her experience as a Chicana within the history department.

Title: Deborah D. Tucker oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004039
Creator: Garrett, Sam, Farmer, Ciera
Contributor: Tucker, Debby
Topic: Feminism, Sexual abuse victims, Social justice
Dates: 2021-02-28
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Deborah D. Tucker conducted by Sam Garrett and Cierra Farmer on February 28, 2021. Tucker discusses her work to fight violence against women in Austin during the 70s and early 80s. This includes her work at the Austin Rape Crisis Center, the Austin Center for Battered Women, and the Texas Council on Family Violence. Specifically, she talks about the goals of these organizations, the methods they used to achieve these goals, and how the Austin community reacted to the anti-rape movement and women's liberation.

Title: Emma Lou Linn oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003930
Creator: Cromwell, Bethany
Contributor: Linn, Emma Lou
Topic: Teachers, Women legislators, Segregation
Dates: 1930
2017
1960
1975
2017-10-31
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Emma Lou Linn conducted by Bethany Cromwell on 10/31/2017. Linn speaks on her life from when she was born in the 1930's to her life in the present. She talks about being born in Rocksprings, Texas, her family's involvement in politics, and her family's different viewpoints on race. She covers her time going to the University of Texas and the University of Houston in the 1950's and the prejudices against anyone that wasn't white and/or identified as heterosexual, her time teaching young students with mental illnesses, her time on the Travis County Historic Commission board, her work in minority campaigns, and how she ran for office on the Austin City Council and won (remaining on from 1975-1977). She also speaks on her work in the Austin historic preservation movement. Her cat can be heard in the background from time to time and she speaks to it occassionally throughout.

Title: Glenn Scott oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003931
Creator: Cromwell, Bethany
Contributor: Scott, Glenn
Topic: Underground newspapers, Women--Health, Feminism
Dates: 1948
2017
2017-11-09
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Glenn Scott conducted by Bethany Cromwell on 11/09/2017. Glenn Scott speaks on her life from 1948 to the present, highlighting the years between 1968-1984. Scott was born in Fort Worth, Texas and spent most of her life living in and around that area. She currently resides in Austin, Texas. She speaks on the Vietnam War draft and the death of her boyfriend during the Vietnam War and how that led to her political awakening. She applied for an internship within the United States Information Agency where she experienced her second political awakening. Upon moving to Austin, she joined forces with The Rag newspaper and began writing for and producing The Rag between 1974-1977. Scott is a socialist feminist and was heavily involved in writing for the farm worker unions and farm worker organizations. She speaks on her work with the Bread and Roses School for Socialist Education. Glenn Scott ends on her main topics in 1984 with her work in the Democratic Socialists of America and the New American Movement.

Title: Hortensia Palomares oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004036
Creator: Adams, Suzanne
Contributor: Palomares, Hortensia, 1953-
Topic: Mexican American women, Community activists, Education, Hispanic American women
Dates: 1928-03-22
2021-02-24
2021-02-24
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Hortensia Palomares conducted by Suzanne Adams on February 24, 2021. In this interview, Palomares discusses her experiences as a Mexican American in Austin, Texas. Educated in Austin, Hortensia attended the Palm School, University Junior High and Austin High School before starting college at the University of Texas in 1971. At UT, Palomares joined the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), and majored in ethnic studies with a concentration on Mexican American Studies and Government. After graduating from UT in 1977, Palomares continued to advocate for Chicano rights, joining the East Town Lake Citizens Neighborhood Association (ETLCNA), helping to form the first fully accredited Mexican American university, Juarez Lincoln University, and engaging with the Raza Unida party.

Title: Irma Orozco oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004034
Creator: Wright, Matthew
Contributor: Orozco, Irma, 1956-
Topic: College television stations, College student newspapers and periodicals, College television stations, Public-access television
Dates: 1974
1977-06-01
2021-02-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Irma Orozco conducted by Matthew Wright on February 27, 2021. In the interview, Orozco talked about her time as a student attending the University of Texas at Austin from 1974 to 1977. She explained her experience in writing for the MAYO newspaper, El Desperator, and her time working as an editor in La Raza Unida newspaper, Para La Gente. Orozco also worked with various newscast television stations, working as a producer and newscaster for the KTBC and KVUE. Moreover, she produced her television program that focuses on Chicanos art and interviewed famous local Chicanos in Austin. Also, founded a student organization on campus called Chicanos Intersados Comunicaciones, which focuses on promoting Chicano's participation in media.

Title: Linda Lewis oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003926
Creator: Bacani, Ayra
Contributor: Lewis, Linda
Topic: African Americans in radio broadcasting
Dates: 1965
1981
1965-08
1982-08-29
2017-12-13
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: An Oral History of Linda Lewis conducted by Ayra Bacani on November 2, 2017 and December 13, 2017. Lewis discusses studying, living, and protesting at the University of Texas at Austin and the radio station 88.7 KAZI.

Title: Linda Lewis oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003926_001
Creator: Bacani, Ayra
Contributor: Lewis, Linda
Topic: African Americans in radio broadcasting
Dates: 1965
1981
1965-08
1982-08-29
2017-12-13
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: An Oral History of Linda Lewis conducted by Ayra Bacani on November 2, 2017 and December 13, 2017. Lewis discusses studying, living, and protesting at the University of Texas at Austin and the radio station 88.7 KAZI.

Title: Linda Lewis oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003926_002
Creator: Bacani, Ayra
Contributor: Lewis, Linda
Topic: African Americans in radio broadcasting
Dates: 1965
1981
1965-08
1982-08-29
2017-12-13
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: An Oral History of Linda Lewis conducted by Ayra Bacani on November 2, 2017 and December 13, 2017. Lewis discusses studying, living, and protesting at the University of Texas at Austin and the radio station 88.7 KAZI.

Title: Linda Smith oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003943
Creator: Rummel, Nick
Contributor: Smith, Linda (Activist)
Topic: Women--Health, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Peace movements
Dates: 2017-11-07
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Linda Smith conducted by Nick Rummel on November 7, 2017. In the interview, Smith discusses her time in the Peace Corps, where she spent over three years, as well as Austin activism.

Title: Lori Hansel oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003932
Creator: Dickson, Austin
Contributor: Hansel, Lori
Topic: Feminism, Women's studies, Social justice
Dates: 1960
2017
2017-10-25
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Lori Hansel conducted by Austin Dickson on October 25, 2017. Hansel describes her growing up in Texas and the factors that influenced her to become more active in the protest community. Discusses her interactions with protests and protest movements around Austin, Texas. Reflects on Civil Rights activism in the US and how it informed other movements. Stresses importance of intersectionality in activism. Comments on the differences between modern protest and 1960's era movements.

Title: Lynn Hudson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003937
Creator: Mahan, Arianna
Contributor: Hudson, Lynn
Topic: Women--Health, Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Dates: 1965
1980
2017-11-01
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Lynn Hudson outside Amy's Ice Cream in Westgate Austin on November 1 at 12:30 pm. Discussed her time in Vietnam as an army nurse and her activism in Austin while attending UT (specifically volunteering).

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