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  Ann German Interview, August 12, 2001

  Ann German

  Ann German offers anecdotes from her childhood and how growing up in an all-female household influenced her as a feminist. She discusses her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s as well as the legalization of abortion. German also ... Read More

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  Barbara Koser Konigsberg Interview, September 14, 2001

  Barbara Koser Konigsberg

  Barbara Koser Konigsberg discusses her role as an activist and AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Missoula, Montana, during the early 1970s. She talks about organizing the first all-female fire-fighting brigade and a number of consciousness-raising groups. She describes how the activist groups she was part of ... Read More

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  Bridget Hanna Interview, April 15, 2002

  Bridget Hanna

  Bridget Hanna describes her work at the YWCA in Missoula, Montana, as the training and outreach coordinator. She talks about her definition of feminism and the roots of violence against women. Hanna also mentions her childhood and the impact that being born deaf had on ... Read More

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  Bryony Schwan Interview, May 14, 2002

  Bryony Schwan

  Bryony Schwan describes her early background, her first sight of Missoula, and the events that led her to champion environmental and feminism side-by-side. She explains the impact of toxins on the environment and the results of Women's Voices for the Earth WVE and other organizations ... Read More

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  Carol Snetsinger Interview, July 28, 2002

  Carol Snetsinger

  Carol Snetsinger explains the events leading up to the initiation of the equal rights/benefits for partners lawsuit titled Snetsinger v. State of Montana, the hate mail and arson that followed, and the overwhelming community support in response. She describes her experiences as a spokesperson for ... Read More

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  Carol Williams Interview, June 18, 2002

  Carol Williams

  Carol Williams describes her early years in Butte, Montana, early role models in AAUW, and teaching in the Butte Head Start program. She explains the Peace Links organization and their goal of empowering women's voices on a community and national level and their later work ... Read More

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  Carolyn Wheeler Interview, March 10, 2001

  Carolyn Wheeler

  Carolyn Wheeler talks about teaching at the University of Montana and the pay-scale discrimination she encounters being a female professor. She also discusses her role in founding the Women’s Studies program at the university. Wheeler concludes by describing her involvement in feminist and Marxist discussion ... Read More

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  Caryl Wickes-Connick Interview, May 11, 2001

  Caryl Wickes-Connick

  Caryl Wickes-Connick discusses her initial interest in domestic violence in the mid-seventies and her subsquent work to establish women's shelters and to acquire funding to study spousal abuse and lobby for laws that protected victims and defined domestic abuse as a criminal offense.

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  Cat Carrel Interview, September 1, 2001

  Cat Carrel

  Cat Carrel describes her early years, her education, her definition of feminism, and how she became the editor of Outspoken, a Missoula, Montana based gay and lesbian newsletter. She also discusses her role as one of the original organizers of the Gay and Lesbian Community ... Read More

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  Catherine Lynn Robson Interview, August 9, 2001

  Catherine Lynn Robson

  Catherine Lynn Robson recalls her family’s history including her political influences. She describes how she became a feminist and her involvement with the displaced homemaker program and other feminist groups in Missoula, Montana. Robson concludes by noting the differences in women of her generation and ... Read More

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  Deborah Tomas Interview, May 29, 2001

  Deborah Tomas

  Deborah Tomas describes her involvement with the CETA [Comprehensive Employment and Training Act] program and Women’s Place. She discusses the Women’s Place’s initiatives and activities. She explains the difference in the terms “woman” versus “lady” and talks about her definition of feminism. Tomas recalls the ... Read More

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  Diane Sands Interview, December 15, 2000

  Diane Sands

  Diane Sands describes growing up in the Sixties and changes in society including race, gender equity struggles, civil unrest, religious faction joined by politics, and feminist issues amidst the protests. She explains how consciousness-raising groups functioned in Missoula and other Montana towns, the tension between ... Read More

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  Dolly Browder Interview, March 4, 2002

  Dolly Browder

  Dolly Browder describes her family's labor background and suggests that it encouraged the non-conformist attitude that led to her forming the first all women forest firefighting crew called the Red Star, actively participating in 1970s women's consciousness raising groups, becoming a midwife, battling to attain ... Read More

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  Donna Stringer, Jan Strout, Ellen Kreighbaum, and Nancy Howard Interview, August 7, 2004

  Donna Stringer, Jan Strout, Ellen Kreighbaum, and Nancy Howard

  Donna Stringer discusses her time spent as the affirmative action officer at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, a position that was created as the result of a class action lawsuit at MSU. She reflects on the positive and negative aspects of the job and ... Read More

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  Ellen Kreighbaum Interview, August 8, 2004

  Ellen Kreighbaum

  Ellen Krieghbaum describes the genesis of competitive women’s sports in Montana and the Montana Women’s Sports Association. She talks about gender discrimination at MSU in terms of lower salaries and fewer promotions for women. Krieghbaum discusses receiving help from the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and ... Read More

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  Gail Gutsche Interview, April 18, 2001

  Gail Gutsche

  Gail Gutsche describes her early background and first interest in feminism after explaining that her work in Montana began at the Missoula Planned Parenthood and her involvement in the Reproductive Rights Coalition since 1992. She describes how that background along with an earlier experience with ... Read More

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  Janet Scott and Jane Ragsdale Interview, February 27, 2003

  Janet Scott and Jane Ragsdale

  Janet Scott and Jane Ragsdale describe their backgrounds as feminists and their respective definitions of feminism. They each describes their initial involvement in In Other Words, a Missoula, Montana feminist forum radio program on NPR. Scott and Ragsdale describe the various focuses of the program ... Read More

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  Janis L. "Jan" Strout Interview, September 29, 2002

  Jan Strout

  Janis Strout discusses how she became a feminist and what her early feminist influences were. She describes working for various non-profit organizations and her interest in looking at feminist politics on a global level focusing on social justice, education, and progressive philanthropy. She reminisces about ... Read More

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  Jennifer Euell Interview, May 4, 2001

  Jennifer Euell

  Jennifer Euell describes her early years and education. She explains her transition from journalism to social work and to her current position as Coordinator of SARS (Sexual Assault Recovery Service) at the University of Montana. Euell discusses her interactions with other groups on and off ... Read More

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  Jennifer Gibson Interview, April 27, 2001

  Jennifer Gibson

  Jennifer Gibson describes her involvement with the Women’s Place in Missoula, Montana, which offered domestic violence prevention services. She discusses how feminist consciousness became a part of the training at the Women’s Place. Gibson also talks about the organization’s controversial policy of barring men from ... Read More

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  Joan Hurdle Interview, April 17, 2001

  Joan Hurdle

  Joan Hurdle discusses her early involvement in abortion rights activism in Montana. She talks about serving in the Montana House of Representatives and her work in the Montana Women’s Prison. Hurdle also describes of the feminist movement in Montana from the 1970s to the early ... Read More

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  Joan McCracken Interview, October 28, 2002

  Joan McCracken

  Joan McCracken describes her early career in nursing and her rising interest in women’s health care. She talks about her long time work with family planning at Planned Parenthood. McCracken discusses how understanding women’s bodies and health care needs has evolved. She also recalls the ... Read More

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  Judy Smith Interview, April 23, 2001

  Judy Smith

  Judy Smith describes her pro-choice work in Austin, Texas and her intent to carry that work forward in Missoula, Montana. Smith explains the work of the Missoula Women's Place, a feminist collective organization, and it's role as an intermediate step to opening an abortion clinic. ... Read More

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  Judy Smith Interview, March 7, 2002

  Judy Smith

  Judy Smith describes attending college during the 1960s. She talks about her involvement with the Women’s Resource Center on the University of Montana campus as well as Blue Mountain Clinic and WORD [Women’s Opportunity and Resource Development] in Missoula, Montana. Smith concludes the interview by ... Read More

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  Judy Wang Interview, May 15, 2001

  Judy Wang

  Judy Wang describes her childhood, education, earlier career in nursing, and her decision to become an attorney. She goes on to describe the evolution of her work on domestic violence cases, public and law enforcement domestic violence education, domestic violence laws in Montana, and domestic ... Read More