Interviewer
Jessica Caldwell
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. This interview contains a summary prepared by the interviewer, which includes page numbers. Kat Williams was the director of the Women's Studies Program at Marshall University. She discusses: detailed information about her childhood, family, and education; some information about her jobs as a dental technician and a jeweler; her exposure to the organized women's movement; her experiences as a baseball player and a girl scout as a child; her involvement in the Women's Movement; the National Organization for Women and why she was involved in it but not a member of it; how inequality manifested itself in her desire to play baseball (she was denied Little League as a child because she was female); her women's history degree at the University of Louisville; women's studies programs at universities; comparisons between women's studies programs at different universities; women's studies at Marshall University and her views and hopes on the future of it; as well as other topics.
Publication Date
2005
Identifier
OH64-829
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-829.
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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-829, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Williams, Kat, -- Autobiography.
National Organization for Women -- Oral histories.
Marshall University -- Oral histories.
University of Louisville -- Oral histories.
Gangs -- Oral Histories.