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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: María Limón oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004029
Creator: Ramos, Alicia
Contributor: Limón, María, 1958- (Writer)
Topic: Mexican American women, Civil rights, Gay liberation movement, Lesbian activists, AIDS activists
Dates: 1980-08
1992-12-31
2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of María Limón conducted by Alicia Ramos on February 26th, 2021. In the interview, Limón focuses on describing her involvement in the broader Chicano Movement from 1980 to 1983, and her involvement in broader activism from 1985 to around 1991. In particular, Limón discusses her involvement and relationship with the Brown Berets in 1983, during the Anti-KKK Rally in Austin, and the aftermath of her being beaten by the police alongside Paul Hernandez and Adela Mancias. She later goes on to discuss her involvement with the formation of the Austin Latino/a Lesbian Gay Organization, or ALLGO, from 1985 to 1988 and the later response to the HIV/AIDs epidemic. Limón discusses her involvement from 1988 to 1991 in environmental activism with the Foundation for a Compassionate Society and discusses her continued activism around the problem of domestic violence.