Interviewer
Ron Chepesiuk
Files
Streaming Media
Abstract
Ann Hunter “Annie” Popkin (1945-) is a women’s rights activist, professor of women’s studies, and accomplished author who was active during the Radical 1960s. She is also a white woman, so this interview shows both sexism and racial tensions within the movement. In this interview, Popkin discussing her early life as an activist, including her childhood interest in disparities between neighborhoods, being a Beatnik, attending the March on Washington, and handling her progressive ideals and the conformist ideals taught during the 1950s. Popkin also discusses Women’s Liberation, the Religious Right, religious people aligned with the progressives, Black Power, the New and Old Left, homophobia, homosexuality, Marxism, the Civil Rights movement, Beatniks, and sexism. She also covered feminism, Gloria Steinem, McCarthyism, the Southern Organizing Committee, male chauvinism, and Betty Friedan.
Publication Date
8-15-1993
Unique Identifier
OH 243
Format
Cassette; MP3; WAV;
Length
00:01:39:30
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Series
Sixties Radicals
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Feminism, Bread and Roses, Women’s Studies, Women’s Liberation, homophobia, homosexuality, Marxism, Gloria Steinem, Rush Limbaugh, Religious Right, New Left, Freedom Summer (Mississippi Summer), March on Washington, Black Power, Civil Rights movement, McCarthyism, Beatnik, Southern Organizing Committee (SOC), male chauvinism, Betty Friedan
Recommended Citation
Sixties Radicals, Then and Now: Candid Conversations with Those Who Shaped the Era © 2008 [1995] Ron Chepesiuk by permission of McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640. www.mcfarlandpub.com.
LC Subject Headings
Radicals -- United States, Nineteen sixties, College teachers -- United States, Women's studies, Feminism -- United States, Civil rights -- United States, Bread & Roses (Organization)
