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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: Brenda Malik oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004031
Creator: Koteras, Erica
Contributor: Malik, Brenda Gooden, 1951-
Topic: African Americans in radio broadcasting, Civil rights, Community activists, Public-access television
Dates: 2021-03-04
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Brenda Malik conducted by Erica Koteras on 3/04/2021. Brenda Mims-Malik was a civil rights activist who did most of her activism in radio and television. She did so by providing Black people a voice on local television. Mims-Malik was an anchor on multiple news stations, including KXAN, ACTV, and had multiple programs for the Black community such as Newscene and Jam City in the 70s and 80s. She would also produce yearly Black history month documentaries about the Black people that worked for Austin Energy, the primary electrical company in Austin. Brenda Malik was also a part of the NAACP and the Black Media Coalition, where she worked with them to produce programs like Jam City to depict the Black youth in Austin and give them outlets for their creative sides.

Title: Cheryl Jean Jefferson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004041
Creator: Vu, Tong
Contributor: Jefferson, Cheryl Jean, 1951-
Topic: Civil rights, African Americans, Peace movements, Energy conservation
Dates: 2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cheryl Jean Jefferson conducted by Tong Vu on February, 26th 2021. Cheryl Jefferson was born to a military family in Anchorage, Alaska. Her family eventually settled in Brenham, Texas, and she elected to attend Southwest Texas State University in the late 1960s. While in school, she began her detailed career that includes Civil Rights Activism, antiwar activism, television production, and politics. With the Civil Rights movement in its latter stages, and the ongoing Vietnam War, Cheryl found involvement in just about every social movement. She was part of the student Senate at Southwest Texas State, and even met with former president Lyndon B. Johnson a handful of times. Most notably, Cheryl worked with the television network, KLRU, formerly known as KLRN. While Cheryl enjoyed working in all of the previously mentioned fields, she found the most happiness in her later career, where she worked in energy conservation.

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: Dianne Duncan oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000664
Creator: Lopez, Michelle, Wright, Carson
Contributor: Duncan, Dianne
Topic: Abortion, Agricultural laborers, Civil rights, Underground newspapers, Feminism, Gay liberation movement
Dates: 1966-08
2019-03-28
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Dianne Duncan conducted by Michelle Lopez and Carson Wright on March 28, 2019. Interview discussing her time at the University of Texas as a student, family background, and activism in Austin and Washington, D.C. along with the gay community and general social life of Austin in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Title: Dianne Duncan oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000664_0002
Creator: Lopez, Michelle, Wright, Carson
Contributor: Duncan, Dianne
Topic: Abortion, Agricultural laborers, Civil rights, Underground newspapers, Feminism, Gay liberation movement
Dates: 1966-08
2019-03-28
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Dianne Duncan conducted by Michelle Lopez and Carson Wright on March 28, 2019. Interview discussing her time at the University of Texas as a student, family background, and activism in Austin and Washington, D.C. along with the gay community and general social life of Austin in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Title: Dianne Duncan oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000664_0001
Creator: Lopez, Michelle, Wright, Carson
Contributor: Duncan, Dianne
Topic: Abortion, Agricultural laborers, Civil rights, Underground newspapers, Feminism, Gay liberation movement
Dates: 1966-08
2019-03-28
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Dianne Duncan conducted by Michelle Lopez and Carson Wright on March 28, 2019. Interview discussing her time at the University of Texas as a student, family background, and activism in Austin and Washington, D.C. along with the gay community and general social life of Austin in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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: 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.

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