- Collection:
- Women's Marches 2017 Collection
- Title:
- Karen Schaefer oral history interview, 2018-05-31
- Creator:
- Schaefer, Karen
- Contributor to Resource:
- Stephens, Karen
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-05-31
- Subject:
- Protest movements
- People:
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
interviews
digital moving image formats - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mpeg
- Description:
- Karen Schaefer was born in 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut. She grew up in North Carolina (her father taught at UNC Chapel Hill). Schaefer studied geography at Georgia State University and later became a math teacher at Grady High School in Atlanta. She later served in the Peace Corps in Tanzania. She is currently retired. On January 21, 2017, millions of people worldwide took part in marches to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States. The first protest, which took place in Washington, D.C., was known as the Women's March on Washington and was intended as a response to anti-woman rhetoric and beliefs that were espoused during Trump's campaign. While women's and reproductive rights were at the forefront of marchers' concerns, many also protested the racist, anti-immigrant, anti-science, and other controversial sentiments expressed by the incoming Trump administration.
In this interview, Schaefer begins with a discussion of her childhood and her parents background. She then discusses her career and work in the Peace Corps. Subsequently, she discusses her reasons for marching in the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women, and describes the day of the march. In conclusion, she discusses her feelings after the march and ensuing political involvement. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/marches/id/723
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Schaefer, Karen, interviewed by Karen Stephens, May 31, 2018, Women's Marches Oral History Project, Archives for Research on Women and Gender. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:33:53
- Original Collection:
- Archives for Research on Women and Gender
Women's Marches Oral History Project
http://research.library.gsu.edu/c.php?g=620463 - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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