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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: 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: Carylon (CT) Tyler oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-000671
Creator: Forth, Shine, Dey, Amber
Contributor: Tyler, Carylon (CT)
Topic: African Americans--Education, Vietnam War (1961-1975), Black power, Civil rights, Dormitories, Gay liberation movement
Dates: 1979-08
2019-03
2019-03-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral History of Carylon (CT) Tyler conducted by Shianne Forth and Amber Dey on March 27, 2019. Subjects of discussion included Austin, San Francisco, Smithville, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Architecture, Kinsolving Dormitory, Gay Student Movement, Gay Rights Movement, Civil Rights Movement, Pearl Street Warehouse, and Civil Rights Lawsuit.

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: 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: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_001
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_005
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_004
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_003
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929_002
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

Title: Cynthia Valadez oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-003929
Creator: Casas, Marissa
Contributor: Valadez, Cynthia
Topic: Civil rights, Mexican American women, Community activists
Dates: 1970
2017
2017-11-21
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cynthia Valadez conducted by Marissa Casas on November 12, 2017 and November 21, 2017. Cynthia Valadez describes her family background and early activism in high school in Mission, Texas and then in Dallas, Texas leading up to the start of her student activism at the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. She discusses her part in the Chicano Movement in Austin, Texas through her activism as a student in organizations such as the Mexican American Youth Organization and La Raza Unida party. Cynthia Valadez also shares her personal connection as a student to the local East Austin community and the impact this had on her views of community issues as well as eliminating boundaries between campus and community. She also discusses women in the Chicano Movement and her personal experience as a woman in the movement.

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: 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: 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.

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