Harvill, SamanthaUnited States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Aenchbacher, Martha2015-11-27Martha 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.audio/mpegengAtlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Activist Women Oral History ProjectArchives for Research on Women and GenderAbused women--Services forHospice careHospices (Terminal care)Community mental health servicesRape victims--Services forMartha Aenchbacher oral history interview, 2015-11-27Sound