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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: 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: Glo Dean Baker Gardner oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000665
Creator: Greenman-Spear, Sara, Petty, Wilson
Contributor: Gardner, Glo Dean Baker
Topic: African Americans--Education, Segregation, Black power, Civil rights, College teachers, Community activists
Dates: 1968-08
1981-12-31
2019-03-22
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Glo Dean Baker Gardner conducted by Sara Greenman-Spear and Wilson Petty on March 22, 2019 in her home in Coppell, Texas. While attending the University of Texas from 1968-1973, she co-founded the Afro-American Players, a theatre group which she continues to be a director of. The theatre company has performed not only at UT but throughout Texas and the United States. The group was founded to promote African American culture and better the community through education and cross-cultural understanding. In the interview, Mrs. Baker Gardner also discusses her experience in general as a Black woman at UT during the civil rights era, including her experiences in activism, integration on campus, and the creation of the Black Studies department.

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: Nancy McMeans Richey oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000669_0001
Creator: Abad, Victoria, Ehresman, Katya
Contributor: Richey, Nancy McMeans
Topic: Segregation, African Americans--Education, Authors, Civil rights, Dormitories, Education
Dates: 1953-08
1956-07
2019-03-24
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Nancy McMeans Richey, conducted by Victoria Abad and Katya Ehresman on March 24th, 2019. McMeans, former Daily Texan Editor, discusses her life as editor during the desegregation of UT. She also discusses her interview and interactions with Barbara Smith and her experience with the newspaper.

Title: Nancy McMeans Richey oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000669
Creator: Abad, Victoria, Ehresman, Katya
Contributor: Richey, Nancy McMeans
Topic: Segregation, African Americans--Education, Authors, Civil rights, Dormitories, Education
Dates: 1953-08
1956-07
2019-03-24
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Nancy McMeans Richey, conducted by Victoria Abad and Katya Ehresman on March 24th, 2019. McMeans, former Daily Texan Editor, discusses her life as editor during the desegregation of UT. She also discusses her interview and interactions with Barbara Smith and her experience with the newspaper.

Title: Nancy McMeans Richey oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000669_0002
Creator: Abad, Victoria, Ehresman, Katya
Contributor: Richey, Nancy McMeans
Topic: Segregation, African Americans--Education, Authors, Civil rights, Dormitories, Education
Dates: 1953-08
1956-07
2019-03-24
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Nancy McMeans Richey, conducted by Victoria Abad and Katya Ehresman on March 24th, 2019. McMeans, former Daily Texan Editor, discusses her life as editor during the desegregation of UT. She also discusses her interview and interactions with Barbara Smith and her experience with the newspaper.

Title: Photocopy of a newspaper page
Identifier: camh-dob-018886
Topic: Railroad trains, Segregation
Dates: 1883-10-24
Box: 2.325/F64.2
Folder: Galveston
Resource: Black Texas women archive
Description: Photocopy of a newspaper page with an article about white and Black people on trains.