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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: 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: 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: Martha Cotera oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003933
Creator: Esparza-Zapata, Dalia
Contributor: Cotera, Martha
Topic: Education, Hispanic American women, Segregation
Dates: 1968
1974
1968
2017-10-25
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Martha Cotera conducted by Dalia Esparza-Zapata on October 25, 2017. Martha Cotera, a Chicana activist in Texas, talks about her career as an activist in the state. She begins the oral history by talking about her early activist work in El Paso, Texas leading up to her work in Austin, Texas. A large portion of the oral history was spent describing the creation of the Raza Unida Party and the role women played within the party. Martha Cotera also addresses the issue of education and recalls her work with the Juarez-Lincoln University.

Title: Pat Cramer oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003924
Creator: Arcibal, April
Contributor: Cramer, Pat, 1949-2021
Topic: Gay liberation movement, Lesbians, Social justice
Dates: 1967
1980
1967-08
2017-11-01
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Pat Cramer conducted by April Arcibal on November 1, 2014. This is an interview of Pat Cramer's experience with activism during her time at the University of Texas at Austin beginning in 1967.

Title: Susana Alamanza oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003925
Creator: Auzenne, Jordan
Contributor: Alamanza, Susana
Topic: Race relations, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1971
2017
2017-11-01
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Suzana Alamanza conducted by Jordan Auzenne on November 1, 2017. Alamanza, founder and director of PODER, describes the adolescent experiences and circumstances of the 1970s which influenced her to become an activist and create her organization. She also describes the successes PODER has seen since its inception in 1992.

Title: Sylvia Orozco oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004042
Creator: Zavala, Adely, Brooke, Alison
Contributor: Orozco, Sylvia (Artist)
Topic: Art, College student newspapers and periodicals, Hispanic American women, Education, Mexican American art
Dates: 1954-11-02
2020-11-04
2021-02-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Sylvia Orozco conducted by Alison Brooke and Adely Zavala on February 27, 2021, describing her life and work in activism in the Chicano movement in Austin, Cuero, Kingsville, and Mexico City. She discusses her childhood in Cuero, Texas, and how her family influenced her later activism, her involvement in the Chicano movement at Texas A&I in the early 1970s as well as the Art department at that school. She also discusses her experience at the University of Texas at Austin in the art department as well as her activism work in the Chicano Movement, especially her involvement in organizations like; MAYO, CASA, LUChA, MAS, the Committee for Rural Democracy, the Raza Unida Party and Para La Gente newspaper. Later she discusses her experience in Mexico on the Becas Para Aztlan scholarship program and her studies at the San Carlos Academy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as well as her involvement in the Art community in Mexico. Later she discusses her influences and creation of the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin as well as the history of the Museum itself.

Title: Teresa Palomo Acosta oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004033
Creator: Stilwell, Jared
Contributor: Acosta, Teresa Palomo
Topic: Mexican American women, Art, College student newspapers and periodicals, Education, Feminism, Poetry
Dates: 1950
2021
2021-02-23
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Teresa Palomo Acosta conducted by Jared Stilwell on February 23, 2021. In the interview Teresa discusses her experiences growing up in McGregor, Texas before moving on to her experiences at UT as an activist and student. During her time at the University she was a member of the Mexican American Youth Organization, in which she was an editor of their newspaper, El Despertador. She was also involved in the Mexican American Culture Committee, which led to her hiring at the Texas Union. As well as being a Chicana activist she is also a author and poet, her first and most widespread poem being "My Mother Pieced Quilts."

Title: Teresa Perez-Wisely oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000668
Creator: Zaragosa-Benitez, Elizabeth, Walls, Taylor
Contributor: Perez-Wisely, Teresa
Topic: Agricultural laborers, Authors, Community activists, Education, Feminism, Hispanic American women
Dates: 1972-02
2019-04-04
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Teresa Perez-Wisely conducted by Elizabeth Zaragoza and Taylor Walls on April 4, 2019. Recording is a first-hand account of Mexican-American life at the Univesity of Texas between 1972-1976. Perez-Wisely spoke about the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO), La Raza Unida Party, and Texas Worker support groups.

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