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- Domestic historical perspective on suffrage
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd describes the view that women were less restricted during Colonial times and experienced greater equality than they did in the nineteenth century when they were perceived as the “gentler sex” and placed...
- Format: audio/interview
- George Wallace on the federal court system
- A short excerpt from a 1974 interview between Walter de Vries and Alabama Governor George Wallace. This interview took place at the beginning of Wallace’s third term as governor. Jack Bass, another interviewer, asks Governor Wallace a question about a quote...
- Format: audio
- International historical perspective on suffrage
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd describes issues and problems she encountered while working outside of the United States as a representative of the International Federation of University Women.
- Format: audio
- Joanne Peerman on junior high sit-ins
- An excerpt from an oral history interview conducted in 1991 between Bob Gilgor and Joanne Peerman, an African American women who grew up in Chapel Hill and experienced integration during the 1960s and 1970s. In this portion of the interview, Harris describes...
- Format: audio
- Political theories about suffrage
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd and her interviewer share some of their theories as to why women achieved suffrage in 1920. In their conversation they discuss that some women were too disinterested or lethargic to press for suffrage. They also...
- Format: audio
- Societal attitudes towards women
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd discusses reasons why women have traditionally taken a deferential role to men. In particular she focuses on her view that many women were unwilling to endanger their security. She also touches upon the issue of...
- Format: audio
- Suffragettes
- In this oral history excerpt, Dr. Rosamonde Boyd expresses her opinions about suffragettes, particularly Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Carrie Chapman Catt. In light of these views, she also describes how a woman should present herself.
- Format: audio
- William Culp on resources in black schools
- A white teacher recalls a lack of adequate resources at West Charlotte, a black high school in North Carolina, during his short stint there in the 1970s—and the rather drastic lengths he and another teacher went to to obtain a few overhead projectors.
- Format: audio/interview
- Women's “libbers”
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd expresses her views on the women's liberation movement and contrasts it with the work she did to advance women's causes. In particular, she and the interviewer focus on feminist views of marriage.
- Format: audio
