- Collection:
- Archives for Research on Women and Gender
- Title:
- Martha Aenchbacher oral history interview, 2015-11-27
- Creator:
- Aenchbacher, Martha
- Contributor to Resource:
- Harvill, Samantha
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2015-11-27
- Subject:
- Abused women--Services for
Hospice care
Hospices (Terminal care)
Community mental health services
Rape victims--Services for - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Martha Aenchbacher was born in Russell County, Kentucky. When she was a child, her family moved to south Georgia, where witnessing poverty and racial injustice inspired the development of her social conscience. Aenchbacher enrolled in Georgia Southwestern College at age 16. While in college, she met her husband, Louie, with whom she had seven children. Aenchbacher finished her college education in Savannah, Ga., where she majored in social work and became interested in feminism and the women's movement. She became active in a local chapter of the National Organization for Women. She and some of her social work colleagues worked to establish the first rape crisis center in Georgia in order to address the problem of inadequate care that was often provided to rape victims. She also worked with what would become the first hospice in Georgia. Aenchbacher later earned a master's degree in psychology and worked as a counselor.
Martha Aenchbacher is interviewed in her home by Samantha Harvill. Aenchbacher discusses her childhood experiences and socialization that helped to mold her sense of ethics. She also discusses her adult life and education, which influenced the activism she involved herself in, working with adult mental health clinics and in the first rape crisis center and first hospice in Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arwg/id/20421
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/arwg:20421/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Aenchbacher, Martha, interviewed by Samantha Harvill, November 27, 2015, Activist Women Oral History Project, Archives for Research on Women and Gender. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:43:39
- Original Collection:
- Activist Women Oral History Project
Archives for Research on Women and Gender - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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