Oral Interviews:
The WAPUSH team has been collecting original oral interviews with important women's rights activists
to include in our proposed curriculum. Check out these interviews below:
Zoe Nicholson
interviewed by Geneva Williams
Zoe Nicholson has been a long time member of the National Organization and a life long activist for numerous civil rights causes including advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment, protesting against the Vietnam War and working for the protection of LGBTQ+ rights. Zoe is the author of numerous books and currently works as a historian of Alice Paul
Photos courtesy of Zoe Nicholson
Interview by Shannon Bennett and Serene Williams
Mary Lee Sargent was a long time professor of women's studies and is an activist for women's rights. In the 1980s, Mary Lee Sargent was at the forefront of the struggle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Mary Lee Sargent pictured on the right.
Photo courtesy of Mary Lee Sargent
Interview by Geneva Williams
Father Anne is a devout Roman Catholic who was trained as a theologian. She is one of the most prominent leaders of the women's ordination movement in the United States.
Photo courtesy of Father Anne
Dr. Wendy Rouse is a progressive era historian and an expert on the women's suffrage movement. Her new book (pictured below) traces the political work of queer suffragists