Short, Bob, 1932-United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Short, Bob, 1932Lewis, Helen, 19242008-09-15Helen M. Lewis was born in 1924 in Cumming, Georgia. While at Georgia State College for Women she helped form the Student League for Good Government, in order to campaign for Jimmy Carmichael's 1946 gubernatorial race. When Carmichael lost the race, Lewis went to graduate school at Duke University, but returned to Georgia, where she answered letters for Governor M.E. Thompson. She finished her master's in sociology at the University of Virginia in 1950, and a Ph. D. in sociology at the University of Kentucky in 1970. She was an advocate of integration, and was involved in the Long Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s. As an educator, librarian, and administrator Lewis worked for the University of Virginia's College at Wise, Berea College in Kentucky, and the Highlander Research and Education Center in Tennessee. She has been active in Appalachian issues, including labor, poverty, and education.Lewis discusses her student activism at Georgia State College for Women in the 1940s. In particular she focuses on her support for progressive Democrat Jimmy Carmichael in Georgia's 1946 gubernatorial race and her civil rights advocacy with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). She also discusses her career teaching and addressing issues of labor, poverty, and education across the Appalachian region.Finding aid available in repository.Interviewed by Bob Short.video/mp4enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collectionhttp://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/RBRL220ROGP.xmlGeorgia State College for WomenYoung Women's Christian AssociationGovernors--ElectionCivil rights movements--Georgia--HistoryCivil rights movements--United States--HistoryStudent movements--Georgia--HistoryPoverty--Appalachian RegionEducation--Appalachian RegionLabor--Appalachian RegionCivil rights movementsEconomic historyEducationLaborPovertyStudent movementsUniversities and colleges--Alumni and alumnaeAppalachian Region--Economic conditionsAppalachian RegionGeorgiaUnited StatesHelen Lewis, 15 September 2008.MovingImage