Search results

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: 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: 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: 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.

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: 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.

Name

Resource

Dates

Topic

Genre

Digital Origin

Collection Strength

Enabled Filters